Google’s all-new Nano Banana AI tool has been the focal point of several trends on Instagram. The Nano Banana AI tool is a rebadged version of Google’s own Flash 2.5 image generation model. Using this model, individuals can create generate regular photos like selfies into very realistic 3D figurines. Moreover a new trend has made Nano Banana to polaroid-style images of the present self hugging the younger self.
Although what initially looks harmless and fun has started to show cracks. A woman recently shared a scary experience of using the Nano Banana AI tool. Her claims and statements has raised serious questions about what AI models do with our photos. Moreover, the lady also shed light on the downsides of sharing too much with AI tools like Nano Banana AI.
The lady, an Instagram user wanted to try the saree image generation feature of Google’s Flash 2.0 Image model. However, this excitement and curiosity soon turned out to be a harrowing experience for her, which she has explained in her post on Instagram.
“I generated my image and I found something creepy… so a trend is going viral on Instagram where you upload your image on Gemini with a prompt and Gemini converts it into saree… I tried it last night and I found something very creepy on this,” she said.
“How Gemini knows I have mole in this part of my body? You can see this mole… this is very scary, very creepy… I am still not sure how this happened. I wanted to share this information with all of you. Please be safe… whatever you’re uploading on social media or AI platforms,” she added.
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The users of the platform Instagram, after her post, started sharing their own experiences. “Everything is connected. Gemini belongs to Google, and they go through your photos and videos to develop the AI pic,” said one user, while another added: “This happened to me too. My tattoos, which are not visible in my photos, were also visible. I don’t know how, but it was happening.”
A third commented, “Well, that is exactly how AI works. AI draws information from your digital footprint, from all the images that u have been uploading online. So when u ask an AI to generate an image, it is going to also use your uploads from the past.”
A fourth said: “Here is a technical answer. The AI, analyses all your pics from the internet, and it creates the picture according to your request for a more realistic one. That’s it.”
Overall, the crux of the story is Google should come forward and answer these questions. Moreover, individuals should be careful about how they use and interact with the AI tools like Nano Banana AI tool.
