Google's "Nano Banana" owes its odd name to a project manager working alone at 2:30 a.m.
Google's most powerful image model got its name at 2:30 a.m. when no one was around to ask, so the project manager just combined two of her own nicknames.<br /> The article Google's "Nano Banana" owes its odd name to a project manager working alone at 2:30 a.m. appeared first on The Decoder. [...]
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