Google brings Nano Banana 2 to Google Earth

Google rolls back new satellite image AI tool after backlash Google rolled back a new feature Friday allowing Google Earth users to generate AI visualizations on top of the service’s satellite imagery, following a furious backlash from researchers and open-source intelligence experts about the potential for disinformation. Google Earth slams the brakes on Gemini image generation for depressingly predictable reasons Google Earth immediately backtracks on Nano Banana integration.

Google rolls back the needless AI generation tools it added to Google Earth People had less than a day to make misleading Google Earth images with AI before Google pulled the feature. It can generate custom images using Google Earth’s satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery. All you need to do is zoom in to a place in Google Earth on the web, tap "create image", and describe what you want to see in it. Then, Nano Banana 2 will create it for you.

Google says teachers can use this to render hyper-realistic views of historic places and events, like transforming the Pompeii ruins into a bustling Roman city (as seen in the video above). You can also create custom infographics to.