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 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…
Google removed an AI image generation feature from Google Earth after users, including open source intelligence researcher Hank Van Ess, used it to create fake satellite images depicting war zones and…
Google announced that its AI image generation model, Nano Banana 2, can now be used to create custom images and 3D renderings inside Google Earth, but the feature is drawing criticism from digital inv…
Google turned on Nano Banana 2, its Gemini image model, inside Google Earth on the web on 30 July, allowing users to type a sentence and drop fake buildings, disasters, or war damage onto real satelli…
Google has launched Nano Banana 2 image generation capabilities in Google Earth, allowing users to generate custom images grounded in real-world satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery by typing prompts. Th…
Google has integrated its generative AI image creator Nano Banana 2 into Google Earth, allowing users to generate infographics, visualize historical periods, and create real estate plans, but early te…
Google Earth now uses Gemini's Nano Banana 2 image generation model to create AI-powered visual concepts based on real-world locations, using satellite, aerial, and 3D map data. The feature, rolling o…
Google is integrating its latest AI image generation model, known as Nano Banana 2, into Google Earth on the web, allowing users to generate AI images based on aerial, satellite, and 3D imagery. The f…
AppZen's expense-audit platform caught 1,471 AI-generated fake receipts submitted by 745 employees across 174 companies over the 12 months to 15 May 2026, claiming $148,143. The average claim was $101…
Google is expanding Gemini in Chrome to desktop users in the UK and will roll it out to iOS users next month, the company announced in a blog post. The feature gives users a dedicated 'Ask Gemini' but…
Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome to desktop users in the UK, following previous launches in the US, Canada, India, New Zealand, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. The AI a…
Google launched Nano Banana 2 Lite, an entry-level image generation model that produces images in four seconds at roughly $0.034 per image, about half the cost and 2.7 times faster than Nano Banana 2.…
Google released Nano Banana 2 Lite, a faster and cheaper AI image generator, on Tuesday. The model produces images in 4 seconds at $0.034 per 1,000 images, targeting high-volume workflows. The launch …
Google Vids announced that AI avatars are now available for free users, with the Workspace video creation tool serving 7 million monthly users. Free users get 10 video generations per month, and paid …
Google expanded Gemini in Chrome to Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa, making the AI browser feature available in nearly every global region except Europe. The tool offers a personalized brow…
Google shipped Nano Banana Pro (formerly Gemini 3 Pro Image) to general availability in June 2026, positioning it as the most capable reasoning-driven image model with a public API. The model, priced …
Demand for Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 is surging as users flock to the latest large language model, which is now available through a unified API platform alongside other top-tier AI models. The model…