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A mystery 'nano banana' image editing model recently climbed up the LMArena charts.
Google DeepMind was secretly behind the model, which is now publicly available.
Users can get started for free today in the Gemini app.
Every now and then, the LMArena 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 mystery 'nano banana' model climbed to the top of the LMArena's photo-editing models on early previews (where it still resides), earning the title of 'top-rated image editing model in the world,' and you can now access it today.
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On Tuesday, Google DeepMind revealed that it was responsible for the high-performing photo editing 'nano banana' model. With the model, users can edit pictures using natural language prompts while keeping the essence of the image intact better than ever before, and it is being integrated right in the Gemini app.
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