GOOGLE PAUSES AI SATELLITE IMAGES, AFTER FEARS OF DEEPFAKES IN THE SKY

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Google has removed a newly launched Google Earth feature that let users generate AI satellite images, citing screenshots violating its policies. Open-source researchers and journalists had shown the tool could produce convincing fake imagery of disasters, like fires on Iran's Kharg Island or Capitol flooding, raising misinformation concerns. Experts warned such tools threaten satellite imagery's role as a trusted verification source, especially as fake satellite images had already circulated during the US-Israel-Iran conflict.