Mountain ViewGoogle’s generative-imagery feature in Google Earth lasted 24 hours before removal.
Courts and investigators treat satellite imagery as hard-to-fake evidence of strikes and mass graves.
The tool surfaced during the information war around February’s Israel-US strikes on Iran.
Most imagery circulating in the war carries no signature proving it wasn’t generated.
How each outlet framed it
- Rest of World leans critical
- maps AI-generated fake satellite imagery enabling disinformation during conflict, cites Iran state propaganda use
Sources: Rest of World