Tired of Google Maps? Try these Android Auto navigation apps instead

Google Maps is often the default and go-to navigation app for most folks using Android Auto, but you don't need to settle for it. Here are some alternatives.
The Ringer

The End of Google Search—and the Internet—as We Know It

For years now, Google has been tweaking its search formula to prop up AI and bury actual links. Now it’s rounding into its final form—and changing the internet forever. Getty Images/Ringer ...
nytimes.com

Google Earth Pulls Back New A.I. Tool Over Disinformation Concerns

A new Google Earth tool allowed the creation of A.I. deepfake maps. The company quickly pulled it back after users noted there were no safeguards to prevent content that could be harmful. By Adeel ...
Mashable

Google rolls back AI Google Earth feature a day after launch

After Google added its AI image generator, Nano Banana, to Google Earth on Thursday, it reversed its decision a day later. Google announced the addition of Nano Banana 2 into its mapping platform, ...
New York Post

Google Earth AI image feature yanked after users raise misinformation concerns

Google announced Friday that it’s rolling back a new AI image-generation feature for Google Earth after users sounded the alarm over misinformation concerns linked to easy-to-make fake satellite ...
Bloomberg

Google Rolls Back Earth AI Tool Over Concern About Fake Images

Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced Friday that it will roll back its new AI image generation feature in Google Earth because some people were using it to create altered satellite imagery that appeared ...
Business Insider

Google Earth's new AI image generation function didn't survive a day after users deepfaked disasters

Google pulled a new AI image-editing feature from Google Earth less than 24 hours after launch. The company launched the function on Thursday, allowing Gemini's Nano Banana 2 image model to access ...
The Atlantic

Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools

Earlier today, I used Google Earth to conjure images of terrible things: office buildings on fire, mass destruction in San Francisco, a smoldering crater in place of the Eiffel Tower. I was able to ...
TechCrunch

Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation

Google rolled out a new feature on Thursday that allowed users to deploy Nano Banana 2, its AI image generator, to create fabricated images inside its satellite imagery mapping app Google Earth. The ...
The Verge

Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day

Letting people easily alter images with an AI prompt was a bad idea. Letting people easily alter images with an AI prompt was a bad idea. One day later, Google’s new statement says that “We know that ...
Ars Technica

Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics

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 ...
Forbes

Google Earth Adds Major New AI Upgrade, But There’s A Catch

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Nano Banana 2 image generation UI inside Google Earth on the web. Update: Google has since ...