Post #4282021

2026-07-31 14:17 UTC

I struggle to imagine any genuine use of this. Worse than that, I expected it to do something potentially useful like editing the 3D model, but all it does is throw the rendered earth image at their image generator. It's barely more than a shortcut.

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@bieberium@infosec.exchange 2026-07-31 14:37

@jonty@chaos.social I'd say this might be rather harmful. Disclaimer: I have only skimmed the linked thread,but still found the feature... surprising https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/post/3mrwdyzhthk27

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@harry_wood@en.osm.town 2026-07-31 14:34

@jonty@chaos.social Ah but look. It has taken the rendered image, put it through the genAI slop machine, and then... it layers on top the POI marker (Because what would we do without those paid for ads for "London Eye River Cruise"?)

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@advancedrubbish@hachyderm.io 2026-07-31 14:39

@jonty@chaos.social the Very Useful aspect is that it means Google Earth now has “AI”, just making a PM their bonus.

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@jonty@chaos.social 2026-07-31 19:46

Who could possibly have seen this coming, except absolutely everyone who thought about it for more than a second

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