Google quietly discontinues its Earth AI feature a day after its rollout after users made no-no images

People look at a Google Earth map of Paris,France on a screen as Google Earth. (Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Google spent years trying to weave generative AI into its product line up, from Gemini in our Google Docs to AI overview in our search engines, and now Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth. But it turns out combining real places with generative AI was a disaster after users generated some taboo imagery, forcing Google to pull the rollout less than a day after it launched.

“We know that people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world,” a Google spokesperson told Fortune. “It’s important to note that generated images didn’t appear in the main Google Earth experience for others… and were watermarked as AI generated.”