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Google launched a Google Earth feature on Thursday that let users generate satellite images from text prompts, effectively creating AI deepfakes of real locations. The tool, called Nano Banana 2, produced images that were watermarked and flagged as AI‑generated, and Google said it blocked creation on harmful topics. Digital Digging’s Henk van Ess used the feature to add refugees near the Mexican border and a bomb crater by a Gaza hospital. A day later, Google announced it would roll back the feature, citing policy violations and the need for stronger guardrails, while noting the images were not visible to other users.

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