Live Updates: Iran claims strikes on 2 ships in Strait of Hormuz and drone attack on U.S. base in Kuwait
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Updated on: July 31, 2026 / 9:34 AM EDT / CBS News
Adding to this, "Regarding various reports from this morning concerning diplomatic progress in the Gaza Strip, Israel has reiterated that there will be no IDF withdrawal whatsoever from the current 'yellow line' without the genuine disarmament of Hamas," the Israeli political source shared.
Meanwhile, A new Google feature rolled out on Thursday allows any user to digitally alter Google Earth imagery, further complicating verification efforts of claims about military gains in the U.S.-Iran war.
Notably, A CBS News analysis found that the company's Nano Banana 2 AI image generation editor could create false images of destruction of U.S. military equipment at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, the subject of multiple recent Iranian attacks – including one that killed three U.S. soldiers .
As per the latest buzz, Google shared it could be used for history teachers wishing to recreate ruined cities, or planners who want to see how their real estate plans would look over real-life cities. But CBS News was able to prompt it to take a real satellite image of the base in Jordan and edit it to create a realistic satellite image of damaged aircraft and burn marks around the runway.
In further updates, On Thursday, Google shared it takes misinformation seriously, and that every one of these images "includes the SynthID digital watermark, so if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was AI-generated."
On top of that, When CBS News ran the altered satellite imagery through Google Lens, it did say the image was AI-generated, but after cropping the image and running it through Google Lens a second time, the results not only failed to detect AI manipulation, but shared the satellite imagery showed destruction of military aircraft at an airfield in Shiraz, Iran.
CBS News has asked Google for comment on the findings.
Source: CBS News