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Google removed an AI image-generation feature from Google Earth on July 31, a day after its July 30 launch, following backlash from journalists and researchers who showed it could fabricate convincing…

Amazon.com Inc. surged 15.32% in its best single-day gain in 14 years, adding roughly $390 billion in market value after reporting Q2 2026 earnings that showed AWS revenue jumping 37% year-over-year t…

Google has released Glanceboard, an open-source e-ink display project that uses Gemini 3.6 Flash and Nano Banana to turn Google Calendar data, local weather, and custom family characters into daily il…

Google has paused the rollout of its Nano Banana 2 image generation feature in Google Earth after users shared generated imagery that violated its policies, according to a statement from Google's offi…

Google briefly launched a feature in Google Earth that allowed users to create AI-modified satellite images using its Nano Banana 2 image generator, but retracted it within a day after researchers dem…

In the latest Ctrl-Alt-Speech podcast, hosts Mike Masnick and Ben Whitelaw discuss Mark Zuckerberg's call for the U.S. to accelerate AI development rather than restrict it, alongside debates over AI r…

Google has removed its Nano Banana 2 image generator from Google Earth after users created misleading images, with the company stating it is 'working on implementing stronger guardrails' before reinst…

Google has paused its new AI image generation feature in Google Earth, Nano Banana 2, less than 48 hours after launch, following a BBC Verify report that experts warned could spread misinformation. Th…

NVIDIA Corporation CEO Jensen Huang's 2024 claim that its Blackwell GPUs would reduce large language model inference operating costs and energy by up to 25x has been pared back to 10x, a 150% overstat…

Google has rolled back its Nano Banana 2 AI image generation feature in Google Earth one day after launch, following criticism that it could be used to spread misinformation. The company stated it is …

Google removed the AI image-generation feature from Google Earth on July 31, 2026, about a day after launching it for all browser users, citing the need for stronger guardrails after users generated i…

Google's Flow Sessions fourth cohort showcased short films made with its AI video generator, with filmmaker Andrew Nethery's 'Nothin' Beats a Cheeseburger' blending live-action and AI-generated elemen…

Google rolled back its Nano Banana 2 AI image-generation feature in Google Earth on Friday, a day after launching it, following concerns that it could create realistic deepfake satellite images for mi…

Google shut down its AI-powered satellite image editing tool, Nano Banana 2, within 24 hours of launch after digital ethics researcher Henk van Ess demonstrated that it could generate convincing deepf…

Google shut down the Google Earth feature launched Thursday that let users edit satellite images with AI text prompts, after users generated deepfakes such as a bomb crater near a hospital in Gaza. Di…

Google has rolled back the needless AI generation tools it added to Google Earth, according to a report. The company removed the features after user feedback indicated they were unnecessary. The decis…

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta are accelerating capital expenditures on AI infrastructure, with Microsoft expanding Azure data center leases and GPU fleets, Google committing to TPU buildouts, Am…

Google has integrated its Nano Banana 2 image generator into Google Earth, enabling users to place AI-generated events and objects onto real satellite imagery, but BBC Verify tests found that the comp…

Nuro, a Mountain View-based autonomous driving company founded in 2016, is hiring a Senior/Staff Software Engineer for AI Agent Infrastructure to build a platform that enables AI agents to operate aut…

Starting August 2, 2026, the European Union's AI Act mandates that providers and deployers of generative AI systems label AI-generated content, with fines up to €15 million or 3% of worldwide annual t…