No BS Just Facts logo
No BS Just Facts
It might be boring, but it's just the facts.

← All stories · technology

The Verge

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

Friday, July 31, 2026


Google integrated an AI image generation feature into Google Earth that uses satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery as input. Digital Digging researcher Henk van Ess used the tool to generate images depicting "refugees near the Mexican border" and a bomb crater near a hospital in Gaza. Google acknowledged the generated images in a statement to Digital Digging.

Original reporting: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/973764/google-earth-ai-satellite-images

Next story

Top Wisconsin Democratic socialist candidate confronted on past 'defund police' rhetoric