That really nerdy reason you spend a Saturday texting a bunch of #GIS/#mapping geographers about the state of the world. So many existing #OSM, #GoogleMaps, etc., lessons for #guardrails -- as they're called -- to prevent #misinformation. Lez slow down and not break things, y'all. #critGIS #slowGIS
UPDATE: After the publication of this piece, Google sent 404 Media a statement saying it was “rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.”
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Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images
"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."
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August 1, 2026 at 10:18 PM
That really nerdy reason you spend a Saturday texting a bunch of #GIS/#mapping geographers about the state of the world. So many existing #OSM, #GoogleMaps, etc., lessons for #guardrails -- as they're called -- to prevent #misinformation. Lez slow down and not break things, y'all. #critGIS #slowGIS