{
  "id": 19229,
  "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5914652/google-adds-ai-to-satellite-images-raising-fears-of-deepfakes-in-the-sky",
  "title": "Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky",
  "summary": "A day after Google unveiled a new feature that allowed users to create AI-generated satellite images with the click of a button on its Google Earth platform, the company announced it was removing the tool. \"We've seen geospatial profession ... (report_number: 7681)",
  "authors": null,
  "category": "incident",
  "topics": "misinformation",
  "orgs": "google",
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-14T05:10:49.168Z",
  "source_slug": "aiid",
  "source_name": "AI Incident Database",
  "source_homepage": "https://incidentdatabase.ai",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19229",
  "original_url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5914652/google-adds-ai-to-satellite-images-raising-fears-of-deepfakes-in-the-sky",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}