🔎 Google Search Plans Your Night

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How much energy does Google’s AI use? Google did the math: a single Gemini text prompt devours energy on par with watching nine seconds of TV and uses about five drops of water, and sheds just 0.03 grams of CO₂. Those numbers come from a new, full-stack methodology that finally factors in everything from idle hardware and cooling to data center overhead, not just the GPU on the job. Fun facts for a Monday.

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🍌 Nano Banana: The Real Fruit of AI Editing

🐝 The Buzz: Out of the blue, a mysterious AI tool named Nano Banana began showing up on LMArena’s Image Edit battles. It wasn’t announced, barely known, yet instantly blew minds with its uncanny image-editing functionality. Now Reddit and AI communities can’t get enough.

Why Everyone’s Going Bananas Over It

• One-shot edits that actually work
  Just type what you want, maybe swap backgrounds, tweak facial expressions, or remix outfits and Nano Banana delivers fast smooth and context preserved as if it always belonged there.

• Might be a Google secret flex
  No press release, but Google AI lead Logan Kilpatrick dropped a single banana emoji on X that speaks volumes and sent speculation into orbit.

• No leaderboard hype, pure stealth launch
  Nano Banana is only popping up in LMArena’s blind matchups. No hype, no ads, just stealth performance that’s winning votes.

• Better than the usual editing models
  Early feedback says it outperforms Flux Kontext on prompt accuracy, scene consistency, and prompt-following. Some even say the model feels like "how a human would use Photoshop," only way smarter.

💡 Takeaway: Nano Banana is a masterclass in subtle brilliance. No marketing, no announcements, just a tool that works so well it goes viral all on its own. If Google is behind it, it could rewrite how we think about AI editing. Stay tuned... or start your hunt on LMArena pronto, or just check it out here

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🔎 Google Search’s AI Mode Can Now Plan Your Night Out

🐝 The Buzz: Google just advanced up its AI Mode in Search. What started as smart summaries now goes full task automation: it can line up dinner reservations, tailor recommendations based on your history, and even let friends jump into your planning session. And it’s rolling out to 180 countries.

• Dinner, sorted: In the U.S., Ultra subscribers who’ve turned on Agentic Mode in Search Labs can ask for “a sushi spot for 4 at 7pm” and get curated results from OpenTable, Resy, and Tock. It won’t click “book” yet, but the list is table-ready.

• Personalized picks: Recommendations draw from your Google Maps and search history, so the AI feels more like a friend who knows your taste than a cold search box.

• Group-friendly links: You can now share an AI Mode session link so others can add their own tweaks for dinner dollabs.

💡 Takeaway: Search is moving from information to starting to handle your logistics. With AI Mode stepping into real-world planning, Google is inching toward being less search engine and more life assistant.

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💻️ How to Create Long Videos With Veo3

Want to make long AI videos with consistent characters without doing any hard editing? In this video, you will see how to use VEO 3 the latest AI video tool from Google to create full-length videos that look smooth and pro.

🐝 AI buzz bits

🔍 New research reveals that AI models, through the innovative Prophet Arena system, are now predicting real-world events with accuracy on par with, or even superior to, traditional prediction markets.

🤖 Z.ai has teamed up with Alibaba Cloud to launch a free AI agent available on smartphones that can handle everything from food orders to hotel bookings.

🔍 Microsoft Copilot had a sneaky loophole that let users bypass access logs on corporate files, exposing potential security vulnerabilities.

✂️ Google has just made video editing way easier for Drive users with a new Vids shortcut button, now you can edit your clips directly without the hassle, all from the Google Drive interface.

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