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Google Earth Retracts AI Tool for Making Fake Satellite Images After It Was Immediately Abused Upon Release

Jeremy Hsu, Ars Technica: Google briefly allowed anyone to create AI-modified versions of satellite imagery available in Google Earth — before quickly reversing its decision as people shared examples of AI-generated pictures that illustrated the potential for misinformation and disinformation. Momentum ! ★

We haven't written up this one. Daring Fireball has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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Moonlight & Mayhem (Raccoon Heist by Codex + GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra)

Moonlight & Mayhem (Raccoon Heist by Codex + GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra) On Wednesday I wrote about One-shotting a Raccoon Heist game using Claude Fable 5 , where I had Claude Fable 5 build a full working game…

  • Raccoon Heist game created using Codex Desktop and GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra
  • Moonlight & Mayhem available on GitHub with textures and prompts
  • Bug enlarged raccoons' eyeballs during 52-minute development

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