Working mapmaker Antonio Antoine argues that generative AI in cartography is a 'race to the bottom' with little accountability, as untrained users can produce maps without formal oversight. In a blog …
AFP fact-checked AI-generated maps of the Canadian wildfires circulating on social media, finding that they misrepresent the fires' extent, including hallucinating wildfires in locations where none ex…
Ed Parsons, a former Google employee, warned that Google's AI image generation feature in Google Earth undermines geospatial trust, which is critical for human rights investigators, journalists, emerg…
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…
A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, with countries also misplaced and misshaped, according to The …
A cartography blogger opposes generative AI in mapmaking, rejecting labels of gatekeeper, Luddite, or hater from pro-AI advocates. The blogger argues AI-generated maps lack copyright protection and pe…
A new interactive map from the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) predicts the density and extent of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks, estimating 110 quadrillion kilometre…