What "on earth"? The prioritization of ground truth for journalism, and our shared sense of reality - is less important to Google than "custom images to help you visualize history, create real estate plans, and more." And no, us checking every image is not the answer. blog.goo…
Transform any place with Nano Banana in Google Earth blog.google
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- Google launched Nano Banana 2 image generation inside Google Earth on the web on July 30, 2026, available globally.
- Users zoom to any location, prompt the model, and get images grounded against real satellite, aerial and 3D imagery.
- The feature is web-only at launch, with no mobile app support and unspecified daily generation limits and subscription tier.
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In @techpolicypress.bsky.social shirin anlen and I on a foreseeable fiasco: how Google briefly turned 1 of world's most trusted sources of evidence into a generator of plausible fakes, and why tech cos must consult civil society experts before launch, not after www.techpolicy.…
Google Earth AI Fiasco Underscores Why Tech Firms Must Listen to Outside Experts techpolicy.press
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- Google added Nano Banana image generation to Google Earth on Thursday and rolled it back Friday to develop 'stronger guardrails.'
- During the Iran-Israel-US war, fake satellite images built from Google Earth imagery of a US naval base in Bahrain drew hundreds of thousands of views before BBC Verify debunked them.
- WITNESS argues companies must consult journalists, human rights investigators and other outside experts before shipping features that reshape the evidentiary landscape.
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Interesting interview with @malachy.bsky.social, a pioneer of visual investigations on what's constant and what's changing in @reutersinstitute.bsky.social reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/new-yor...
New York Times’ Malachy Browne on the future of visual investigations in the age of AI reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
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- Browne says an AI model scanned satellite imagery of Gaza and flagged more than 500 craters consistent with 2,000-pound bombs in areas designated as safe.
- He warns that visual and audio verification are becoming extremely challenging, with detection tools struggling to keep pace with generation tools in an arms race.
- The New York Times visual investigations team, which Browne joined in 2016, also used satellite imagery to track a Chinese balloon from China across the Pacific.
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Good @indicator.media report, in tandem with @witnessorg.bsky.social on gaps in detection tools mandated by rules that came into force on Aug 2: EU AI Act, and California AI Transparency Act. They found detectors for 6 out of 13 companies, and fooled all but one. indicator.med…
AI generators are now required to offer detection tools. We tested them (and they need work) indicator.media
We all agree it's a bad idea... with Nathaniel Raymond and @henkvaness.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...
Google launched an AI feature on Google Earth, then suspended it amid pushback. What's at stake? | CBC News cbc.ca
It's August 2! It's August 2! Why am I so excited (and trepidacious)... It's the day both California and EU rules on content provenance and AI go into effect. Read on for @witnessorg.bsky.social analysis on where the EU AI Act gets it right, and where we need more. www.witness…
WITNESS on the Enforcement of EU's New AI Transparency Rules: Progress but Key Gaps Remain - WITNESS witness.org
🎥 Deepfakes: Can you trust anything you see online anymore? Episode 3 in @tbij.bsky.social series 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒅: 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝑰 𝑮𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝑾𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 out now! I talk the reasons we need to worry, why we need to act, and winners/losers in the deepfakes fight (spoiler: not ordinary folks) www.youtub…
Deepfakes: Can you trust anything you see online anymore? youtube.com
Sigh ... www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/ai-face...
AI faces trusted more than faces of real people warn researchers - Lancaster University lancaster.ac.uk
AI is eroding our shared sense of reality - that's the clear message in the Independent International Scientific Panel report. So what do we do about it? In my intervention at the UN Global Dialogue on AI, I highlighted key steps + the urgency of collective action. www.linkedi…
#globaldialogue #un #ai #deepfakes #synthetic #righttoreality | Sam Gregory linkedin.com
