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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGoogle<\/a> has responded after an AI researcher used the newly-launched feature in Google Earth. The researcher demonstrated how the tech giant\u2019s Nano Banana AI image generator in Google Earth can be used to fabricate geopolitical crises, military sites and fatal accidents on real satellite mapping imagery. The tool allows users to zoom into any real-world coordinates and type a prompt to alter the landscape with photorealistic AI renderings.<\/p>\n Henk van Ess, who is an international expert in online research methods utilising the web and AI (as per his website), he \u201cplanted nuclear plant in Iran\u201d and \u201cput refugees near Mexico border\u201d on Google Earth.\u201cTonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam. Google\u2019s own satellite imagery underneath all three,\u201d he said in his article.The tech researcher quickly demonstrated that the system lacked effective safeguards against misinformation. In a series of tests, the researcher successfully generated photos of a bomb crater at a hospital in Gaza.\u201cOne clause in there is checkable tonight, so I checked it. Google prevents image creation on harmful topics. Refugees at a border. A nuclear plant in Iran. A fatal crash on an Amsterdam street. A hospital with a bomb crater in Gaza,\u201d he said, highlighting, \u201cNothing was refused. No warning, no softened output, no suggestion to try a different prompt.\u201d<\/p>\n In response to the concerns, Google defended its safety measures, emphasising that every generated image includes invisible digital watermarking to help identify synthetic media.\u201cWe take misinformation seriously \u2013 every image created with Nano Banana in Google Earth includes the SynthID digital watermark, so if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was AI-generated,\u201d Google said in response to the AI researchers\u2019 post.\u201cIn addition, we prevent image creation on harmful topics and are continually updating our protections,\u201d the company added.<\/div>\n Google has responded after an AI researcher used the newly-launched feature in Google Earth. 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