Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics

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核心亮点：谷歌在地图里偷偷塞了个“AI修图神器”，结果被网友玩坏，半天就紧急下架了。通俗解读：谷歌最近在谷歌地球里加了个新功能，想让用户用AI随便改卫星照片，比如把空地变成森林，把街道改个样子。本来是想秀一把“黑科技”，结果大家发现这玩意太危险了——卫星照片经常被当作真实证据，比如新闻里确认某个地方发生灾害或冲突，现在人人都能伪造，谣言和假新闻还不满天飞？谷歌一看势头不对，赶紧把功能撤了，但这波操作已经暴露了风险。实际影响：以后在网上看到卫星图、航拍图，尤其是那种“独家现场”的照片，可能都得多个心眼。AI生成的假图会越来越像真的，普通人很难分辨。这件事也给科技公司提了个醒：发布“造假工具”前得先想清楚后果，不能光顾着炫技术。对咱们来说，学会辨别AI图片，以后会跟学会用搜索引擎一样重要。

Google briefly allowed anyone to create AI-modified versions of satellite imagery available in Google Earth—before quickly reversing its decision as people shared examples of AI-generated pictures that illustrated the potential for misinformation and disinformation. There is no shortage of generative AI tools that already allow people to create AI-modified images of real buildings and cities based on user prompts. But Google’s aborted attempt to incorporate its Nano Banana 2 AI image generator as a Google Earth feature made it even easier for anyone to create modified versions of authentic imagery depicting real locations—something that Google boasted about when initially promoting the new feature. “For the first time, you can generate custom images using Google Earth’s satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery alongside Nano Banana, which creates concepts grounded in the real world,” wrote Bryan Horowitz, product manager for Google Earth, in a company blog post on July 30.Read full article Comments