Google handed users the easiest possible tool for fake satellite imagery, then pulled it after two days
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Google pulled its Nano Banana 2 image model from Google Earth just two days after launch.
Users showed how easy it was to generate convincing fake satellite images.
A simple prompt was enough to fill an empty lot at the Mexican border with a refugee column.
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