{"id":91,"date":"2026-08-06T01:18:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/?p=91"},"modified":"2026-08-06T01:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:18:20","slug":"google-dropped-ai-into-earth-then-panicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/2026\/08\/06\/google-cayo-ai-en-la-tierra-y-luego-entro-en-panico\/","title":{"rendered":"Google dropped AI into Earth then panicked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Google dropped AI into Earth then panicked #GoogleEarth #SiliconValley #AI\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WbJ3WH_YtFo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alright so Google decided to drop an AI image generator straight into Google Earth. Nano Banana 2. Zoom anywhere on the planet, type whatever you want, and boom\u2014photorealistic fake satellite view sitting right on top of the real imagery. They launched it Thursday. By Friday afternoon it was gone. Classic.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Google\u2019s own statement rolling it back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Re: our statement on Image Generation in Google Earth: <br \/>\u201cWe know that people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world. We\u2019ve seen geospatial professionals using this feature for a range of useful purposes, however we\u2019ve also seen people sharing screenshots of\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; News from Google (@NewsFromGoogle) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsFromGoogle\/status\/2083249962150760610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They basically said people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world\u2026 and then some folks started sharing screenshots that \u201cappeared to violate our policies.\u201d So they\u2019re rolling it back while they figure out stronger guardrails. Watermarked, didn\u2019t show up in the main view for other people, the usual.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah no shit. Within hours people were planting nuclear plants in Iran, refugee camps on the Mexican border, bomb craters next to hospitals, collapsed Eiffel Towers, the whole menu. OSINT guy Henk van Ess was one of the first to point out how broken this was. He typed one sentence and the thing just\u2026 did it. No refusal, no \u201chey maybe don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One X user\u2019s reply got far more likes than Google\u2019s original post, saying:<\/p>\n<p>You guys are living in a complete bubble. Step outside Silicon Valley for two seconds and you\u2019ll realize no actual human wants AI sludge crammed into every corner of every product. Touch grass. Talk to actual people.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You guys are living in a complete bubble. Step outside Silicon Valley for two seconds and you\u2019ll realize no actual human wants AI sludge crammed into every corner of every product. Touch grass. Talk to actual people.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_AlexHirsch\/status\/2083278550556393939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a quick look at the kind of stuff that started circulating, a massive number of refugees swarming the Mexican border that never actually happened.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. What on earth is Google doing? Check my latest post here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N0h6CVECqS\">https:\/\/t.co\/N0h6CVECqS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WSjdcEXWJx\">pic.twitter.com\/WSjdcEXWJx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\ude91\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude97\ud835\ude94 \ud835\ude9f\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude97 \ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude9c\ud835\ude9c (@henkvaness) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/henkvaness\/status\/2082912544394498228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One guy said: \u201cWhy would they even add an AI generation feature to Google Earth, the whole point of it is to view the REAL world! It\u2019d be like adding a feature to your watch where it would randomly give you the wrong time!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why would they even add an AI generation feature to Google Earth, the whole point of it is to view the REAL world !<br \/>It&#39;d be like adding a feature to your watch where it would randomly give you the wrong time !<br \/>&quot;See it&#39;s funny because it&#39;s right somewhere in the world !&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Metroz (@Metrozee9000) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Metrozee9000\/status\/2083458140532568178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another one just went: \u201cGoogle bolted an AI deepfake button onto Earth. Fake satellite warzones, one click. Lasted about a day. Then \u2018stronger guardrails.\u2019 The feature died faster than the misinfo it was built to mint.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Google bolted an AI deepfake button onto Earth. Fake satellite warzones, one click.<\/p>\n<p>Lasted about a day. Then &quot;stronger guardrails.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>the feature died faster than the misinfo it was built to mint \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VVNUggtxKb\">pic.twitter.com\/VVNUggtxKb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; zeroemployees (@zeroemployees) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zeroemployees\/status\/2083676341132501207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Perfect summary honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Look, the watermark and \u201cit doesn\u2019t show up in the main experience\u201d defense is cute, but screenshots don\u2019t care about watermarks. People were already treating the fakes like real satellite evidence. Google spent twenty years making Earth the thing you check when something looks sus. Then they added a button that makes things up on top of the exact same data. That\u2019s not innovation, that\u2019s just asking for chaos.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll probably bring it back eventually with more filters. Until then we get the rare corporate \u201cyeah we launched this and immediately regretted it\u201d moment. Feels almost wholesome in a dystopian way.<\/p>\n<p>Like, subscribe, and follow if you haven\u2019t already. A special thanks to all my mutant Patrons on Patreon.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alright so Google decided to drop an AI image generator straight into Google Earth. Nano Banana 2. Zoom anywhere on the planet, type whatever you want, and boom\u2014photorealistic fake satellite view sitting right on top of the real imagery. They launched it Thursday. By Friday afternoon it was gone. Classic. Here\u2019s Google\u2019s own statement rolling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,20,18],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-earth","tag-google","tag-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gambitmutant.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}