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Google debuts Nano Banana 2, a faster Gemini Flash Image model with sharper generation, clearer text, and rollout across Gemini, Search, APIs, and Vertex.
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Having Perplexity's AI and models on devices from the world's biggest phone-maker puts the company under a brighter light.
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Google says the second-generation model uses the precision of the pro model with the speed of the original.
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 After several weeks of testing, Apple today released Xcode 26.3, an update that allows developers to use tools like Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex for app creation directly in Xcode.
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Anthropic retired Claude Opus 3, but is keeping it available for paid claude.ai subscribers and offering API access by request as it formalizes a model retirement process.
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Google has launched its new image generation model, the Nano Banana 2, which is powered by Gemini 3.1 Flash Image. The company says the new model has the capabilities, world knowledge and reasoning of Nano Banana Pro, but it can accomplish tasks at "lightning-fast speed." That enables rapid editing and the quick creation of various iterations using a single prompt.
Nano Banana 2 will give more people access to capabilities that were previously exclusive to the Pro model. That includes Pro's ability to pull real-time information and images from web searches to create, say, infographics and diagrams. It will also be able to generate texts on images for marketing materials and greeting cards.
Google says Nano Banana 2 can maintain character resemblance for up to five characters in a single workflow, which could be especially valuable if you're using it to create storyboards or visual stories. It can follow precise instructions for complex requests, as well, and can generate input with up to 4K in resolution with richer textures and sharper details than its predecessors could.
Nano Banana Pro could already generate images so realistic, it's almost impossible to tell that they were AI-generated. Google even had to limit its use due to high demand. Whether Nano Banana 2 can generate images that are markedly better than what Pro could create — and whether we could still tell if an image was made by AI — remains to be seen. The new model will replace Nano Banana Pro in the Gemini app, but Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers will retain access to Nano Banana Pr
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