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fake refugee camps
Coverage of fake refugee camps in the Nexus archive.
- Google Earth's new AI image generation function didn't survive a day after users deepfaked disasters
Google Earth's AI image-editing tool was removed within 24 hours of launch after users created deepfakes of disasters like a kaiju attack in Los Angeles, fake refugee camps, and a nuclear plant in Iran. Google cited policy violations and rolled back the feature to implement stronger safeguards.