Google rolls back new satellite image AI tool after backlash

Google rolled back a new feature on Friday that allowed Google-earth" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="175882" data-entity-type="topic">Google Earth users to generate AI visualisations on top of the service’s satellite imagery, following a furious backlash from researchers and Open-Source Intelligence experts about the potential for Disinformation.“We’ve seen geospatial professionals using this feature for a range of useful purposes, however we’ve also seen people sharing screenshots of generated imagery that appear to violate our policies,” a Google spokesman said in a statement.“So we’re rolling back this feature in Google-earth" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="175882" data-entity-type="topic">Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.”