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Decision BriefThe VergeFri, 31 Jul 2026 17:05:46 GMT2026-07-31

Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth

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Now a text prompt is all it takes to generate reality-warping images using Google Earth's satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery, 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 Gaza. Google responded to Digit

An AI-edited Google Earth image of a cabin in the mountains

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