Google handed users the easiest possible tool for fake satellite imagery, then pulled it after two days

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谷歌这次玩大了！新推出的“Nano Banana”功能原本是想让用户在谷歌地球里用AI随手改改卫星图，比如把庞贝古城还原成热闹街道，或者把新建筑“放”到空地上。结果上线才两天，就被网友玩坏了——有人用一句话就生成出“墨西哥边境难民潮”“加沙医院被炸”这种以假乱真的画面，吓得谷歌赶紧下线了这功能。虽然谷歌解释说图片都有AI标记，其他用户也看不到，但截图早就传遍全网了。这事儿的麻烦在于：以前你想伪造一张卫星图还得懂PS，现在AI帮你一键搞定，连想法都给提示了。谷歌自己也承认，“大家信任谷歌地球看到的真实世界”，可这下信任危机来了。未来我们刷到所谓“卫星实拍”时，都得多个心眼儿，新闻媒体核实画面的难度也更高了。好在谷歌承诺要加上更强防护才重新上线，但AI伪造图像的门槛已经彻底被拉低了。

Google handed users the easiest possible tool for fake satellite imagery, then pulled it after two days Matthias Bastian View the LinkedIn Profile of Matthias Bastian Aug 1, 2026 Google had to pull its Nano Banana integration from Google Earth just two days after launch. The feature let users generate custom scenes from satellite imagery using Nano Banana 2, like turning the ruins of Pompeii into a bustling Roman street scene or dropping a planned building onto an empty lot. But users quickly showed how easy it was to create convincing fake satellite images, like a refugee column at the Mexican border or a bombed-out hospital in Gaza. A simple prompt like "refugees swarm the street" is all it takes to fill an empty lot with people. | Image: via Henk van Ess Google said the images were labeled as AI-generated and weren't visible to other users inside Earth. Still, people shared screenshots that violated Google's policies. The feature won't return until stronger safeguards are in place. "We know that people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world," Google writes. That doesn't make anyone safe from fake satellite imagery. Anyone can manipulate a Google Earth screenshot with an AI image tool or Photoshop. But Google made it as easy as possible and put the idea in people's heads.AdDEC_D_Incontent-1Ad AI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans Subscribe to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive "AI Radar" frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section. Subscribe now Source: Google Ask about this article… Search