Google Earth AI image feature yanked after users raise misinformation concerns

Google announced it is rolling back its new AI feature within Google Earth after users generated images that violate the ...

Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools

Google Earth was a boon for researchers—and then came the deepfakes.

Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky

Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the initial decision: "The opportunities ...
USA Today

Don’t want Meta using your IG photos for AI? Here’s what you can do

Editor's note: The Meta Image feature allowing Instagram users to easily use public images and videos for AI generation was disabled after backlash on July 10. A new AI image generator is available on ...
The New York Times

How to Prevent Meta From Using Your Instagram Images in A.I.

The company’s new A.I. image generator has a surprising twist: It allows people to use images from public Instagram accounts. By Eli Tan Reporting from Seattle See more of our coverage in your search ...
The Verge

Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photos

Users can ’@ mention’ accounts in their prompts. Users can ’@ mention’ accounts in their prompts. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more.
CNBC

Meta enters AI image model race in bid to court advertisers and subscribers

Meta Superintelligence Labs, led by Alexandr Wang, is releasing its first artificial intelligence model for image creation. Dubbed Muse Image, Meta is hoping to attract creators and advertisers. Meta ...
Wired

Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

Update, July 10 at 9 pm EDT: Meta rolled back the ability for users to tag public Instagram accounts for AI generations three days after the feature’s release. In a statement released Friday, Meta ...
TechCrunch

Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users

Google announced on Monday that the Gemini app is now offering its personalized Nano Banana-powered image generation feature to a broader audience. Starting today, all eligible users in the U.S. can ...
GitHub

LingBot-Map: Geometric Context Transformer for Streaming 3D Reconstruction

🗺️ Meet LingBot-Map! We've built a feed-forward 3D foundation model for streaming 3D reconstruction! 🏗️🌍 LingBot-Map has focused on: lingbot-map-long robbyant/lingbot-map Robbyant/lingbot-map ...
PBS

Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of congressional map helping GOP, despite racial bias ruling

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year's elections, despite a lower court's ruling that the ...
The Hill

Court blocks Alabama Republicans’ congressional map

A three-judge panel on Tuesday blocked Alabama Republicans’ congressional map that would’ve given the party a potential pickup opportunity in the midterms. The judges ruled the Supreme Court’s recent ...