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PublishedJuly 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth

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A text prompt was all it took to generate reality-warping images using Google Earth's satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery with a now-rolled back AI feature, like these images generated by Digital Digging's Henk van Ess that show "refugees near the Mexican border" and a bomb crater near a hospital in G
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