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Google DeepMind has released Nano Banana 2, an image generation model that combines advanced world knowledge and subject consistency with faster inference speeds comparable to its Flash offering. The model is positioned as production-ready with capabilities previously associated with Pro-tier performance.

A new benchmark evaluating AI models on photo retrieval reveals significant limitations in their ability to find specific images from personal collections. The test presents models with what appears to be a simple task—locating a particular photo—yet results demonstrate the gap between general image recognition and practical personal image search.