{"id":81268,"date":"2026-08-10T04:14:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/google-withdraws-earth-ai-tool-after-misinformation-warnings\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:14:54","slug":"google-withdraws-earth-ai-tool-after-misinformation-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/google-withdraws-earth-ai-tool-after-misinformation-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Google withdraws Earth AI tool after misinformation warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Google initially said that guidelines built into its AI model would prevent the creation of imagery depicting &#8220;harmful topics&#8221;, however BBC Verify found that small changes to prompts could be used to bypass these guidelines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For example, a request to create a &#8220;raised platform to hang traitors&#8221; next to the UK parliament was rejected. But when a less specific prompt was used, it was accepted and the image was created.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We also asked the tool to mow the word &#8220;Trump&#8221; into the White House lawn, but it said it could not &#8220;create that image&#8221; based on its guidelines. It did, however, allow a community garden to be generated in the same spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">With the constant flood of AI imagery, Ajder said, spaces assumed to be &#8220;unblemished by AI are valuable, particularly for journalists and people trying to do work on the frontlines of rapidly evolving crisis scenarios&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s concerning because it&#8217;s another place where sources of trusted information are being eroded by the constant doubt that AI might be involved,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For many, Google Earth is the entry point to openly-accessible satellite imagery and can be used to obtain insights into hard to reach areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is potentially particularly damaging to public trust because satellite imagery has historically been seen as an especially trustworthy source of data,&#8221; Bill Greer, a geospatial analyst and co-founder of the non-profit satellite service Common Space, told BBC Verify.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Falsified satellite imagery has already been used to spread misinformation, he added. &#8220;Governments are also restricting access to data more and more, so we&#8217;re likely to see more false images, and fewer real images which will further erode trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c9349yx2ydvo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google initially said that guidelines built into its AI model would prevent the creation of imagery depicting &#8220;harmful topics&#8221;, however BBC Verify found that small changes to prompts could be used to bypass these guidelines. For example, a request to create a &#8220;raised platform to hang traitors&#8221; next to the UK parliament was rejected. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[66],"tags":[3733,3369,4876,1968,3336,4286],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81270,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81268\/revisions\/81270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}