Google Earth AI tool raises fears over spread of fake satellite images

Google has integrated AI into satellite images, triggering significant alarm among security experts, journalists, and human rights advocates. These professionals warn that generative tools could erode trust in imagery used to verify conflict damage and incidents. Critics argue that the potential for abuse and the spread of fake satellite images are boundless, creating a high risk of disinformation that undermines the reliability of open source analysis and the verification of global events via Google Earth.