I Tried Google Earth AI; It Lasted a Day, but the Issue Goes Beyond 'Fakes'

Honestly, I was pretty excited at first. As someone who frequently uses satellite imagery for projects, Google Earth's AI generation feature—Nano Banana 2—sounded like a godsend. Previously, if I wanted to quickly generate high-res overhead views of a specific area, I either had to wait for updates or stitch data together myself, which was painfully slow. Before I could even get comfortable with it, they pulled it down. It lasted less than 24 hours.