--- title: Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch,... description: Google launched a feature in Google Earth allowing users to generate AI images via its Nano Banana 2 model and superimpose them over real satellite maps.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-nixes-its-earth-ai-feature-one-day-after-launch-amid-criticism-it-would-spread-misinformatio-tlbq94xdq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation | daily.dev og:description: Google launched a feature in Google Earth allowing users to generate AI images via its Nano Banana 2 model and superimpose them over real satellite maps.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-nixes-its-earth-ai-feature-one-day-after-launch-amid-criticism-it-would-spread-misinformatio-tlbq94xdq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TlBQ94XdQ.png og:image:alt: Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google launched a feature in Google Earth allowing users to generate AI images via its Nano Banana 2 model and superimpose them over real satellite maps. Within hours, journalists and researchers criticized the tool as a potential vector for geospatial misinformation, noting that prompt-based image generation over trusted map imagery could easily be abused. Google pulled the feature just one day after launch, citing policy violations in shared screenshots and promising to implement stronger guardrails before any relaunch. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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