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Google Pulls Earth AI Tool After It Faked A Nuclear Plant In Iran

Google has pulled its Nano Banana 2 image generation feature from Google Earth less than 24 hours after launch, following a viral safety backlash in which the tool generated a fake image of a nuclear plant in Iran. The feature, introduced by Google, was removed to address concerns about the accuracy and potential misuse of AI-generated imagery in a geographic context.

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Google Pulls Earth AI Tool After It Faked A Nuclear Plant In Iran
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By Paul Monckton, Senior ContributorSource:

Forbes InnovationGoogle has abruptly rolled back the controversial Nano Banana 2 image generation feature in Google Earth less than 24 hours after launch following viral safety backlash.

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