Google's Nano Banana AI-Image Editing Is Coming to Search, NotebookLM and Photos 6
Google's viral Nano Banana AI image editor is being woven into Search, NotebookLM, and Photos. Engadget reports: Perhaps the most notable integration here is with NotebookLM. Nano Banana is being used to drastically change up Video Overviews, offering up six new styles like watercolor and anime. It also now generates contextual illustrations based on sources and there's a new option for micro-videos called Briefs. For the uninitiated, Video Overviews is a neat little tool available to NotebookLM users that automatically generates explainer videos from documents. It can even whip up a narrated slideshow with visuals. The AI-heavy update starts rolling out to Pro users this week and to all users in "the upcoming weeks."
Search integration offers new ways to make and edit images while using the official Google app. The company says folks can use a chat prompt to, say, ask the bot to create a stylized version of a pre-existing image. Additionally, photos can be snapped directly from the Lens tool and then edited via the AI. This is rolling out right now in English for US customers, with more countries and languages coming in the near future. We don't have any actual information as to what the Photos integration will look like, with Google simply saying it's bringing Nano Banana to the platform in "the weeks ahead."
Search integration offers new ways to make and edit images while using the official Google app. The company says folks can use a chat prompt to, say, ask the bot to create a stylized version of a pre-existing image. Additionally, photos can be snapped directly from the Lens tool and then edited via the AI. This is rolling out right now in English for US customers, with more countries and languages coming in the near future. We don't have any actual information as to what the Photos integration will look like, with Google simply saying it's bringing Nano Banana to the platform in "the weeks ahead."
Nano Banana? (Score:2)
LOL, there's a joke in there somewhere, I just know it.
Re: Nano Banana? (Score:2)
Guys will be using it to AI enhance their nano banana before they send it to a chick.
Re: (Score:2)
I suspect it is from the Israeli children's expression "Nana banana", which means something like "I don't care".
As in: "I am going to steal all these images for my generative AI tool, and I don't care about who owns them".
Nice to know where my inflated electric bill goes. (Score:3)
Compare to Savannah Bananas (Score:1)
Savannah Bananas [wikipedia.org]
* are much larger than "nano"
* real intelligence, not AI
* use less electricity, especially if it's a day game
* more fun to watch
I don't know. (Score:2)