A mystery 'nano banana' image-editing model climbed LMArena leaderboards and was identified as a DeepMind creation. The model edits photos via natural-language prompts while preserving subject identity and appearance, keeping people or pets recognizable across style, clothing, or location changes. The tool supports swapping outfits, adding costumes, altering backgrounds, and blending elements from multiple photos to create believable composites. The model is integrated into the Gemini app and offers free access for users to try its photo-editing capabilities. Early previews and leaderboard rankings positioned the model as a top-rated image-editing solution.
Every now and then, the will have a mystery model with a fun name shoot up to the top of the leaderboard. Shall I remind you of OpenAI's Project Strawberry? More recently, a model climbed to the top of the LMArena's photo-editing models on early previews (where it ), earning the title of 'top-rated image editing model in the world,' and you can now access.
If you have ever uploaded an image of yourself into an AI image generator and asked it to create a new version of it in some way, for example, making it a watercolor version of yourself or anime, you may have noticed that your features sometimes don't get lost in translation. This new model aims to change that, making the subject, whether it is a pet or a person, look like themselves.
Google suggests putting photo editing to the test by changing your clothing or giving yourself a costume, or even changing your location entirely. As seen in the GIF below, the edited version keeps the person's appearance the same amidst outfit changes. These edits are more entertaining, but the AI editing tool can also be used for more practical edits. For example, you can take elements of two different photos and blend them together to create a new one.
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