Google Earth's AI image editor pulled after a day amid deepfake worries

Google shut down the AI image-editing feature in Google Earth just one day after its launch, citing misuse and policy violations as users generated AI deepfakes (including refugee and war-related imagery) that could spread; the company said watermarked outputs didn’t appear in the main Earth experience and will roll back the tool while adding stronger guardrails, as researchers demonstrated that even with watermarking a detector could be bypassed.