Google's Gemini Nano Banana Just Changed AI. Your Selfies Will Never Be The Same Again.
- Sep 2
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Updated: Sep 2
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Let's be honest you've tried those AI image generators. You upload a great photo of yourself hoping to look like you're riding a dragon, and what you get back is a picture of your vaguely familiar but slightly-off cousin riding a lizard. The eyes are a bit weird the smile isn't yours and the whole thing just feels... wrong. It’s the digital equivalent of a bad haircut.
Google apparently got tired of seeing our weird AI-generated doppelgängers too. They’ve just rolled out a new image editing model with the delightfully quirky name Gemini Nano Banana. The big promise here is something called character consistency. In simple terms, this AI actually remembers what you and your pets look like from one edit to the next.
This isn't just another filter. It's like having a personal digital artist who can put you in a 60s beehive hairdo or place your chihuahua in a tutu without making them look like a different person or dog. The creative door has been flung wide open for everything from professional headshots to absurdly funny memes. But the real secret isn't just that it works it's how it works and the whispers of an even more powerful model that could make Photoshop feel like a relic...
