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Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim "thought images", and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim “thought images”, and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt — Hot on the heels of Tuesday's Gemini 3 Pro release, today it's Nano Banana Pro, also known as Gemini 3 Pro Image.
HBO has renewed its Game of Thrones spinoff shows for more seasons
HBO's latest Game of Thrones prequel series hasn't even premiered yet, but there are already plans for it to run for at least one more season. Today, HBO announced both A Knight for the Seven Kingdoms and House of the Dragon have been renewed for second and fourth seasons, respectively. In addition to the Game […]
No, typing an AI prompt is not ‘really active’ music creation
Suno, the AI music startup being sued by the big three major labels, the RIAA, and even some indie acts for illegally training its model on copyrighted material, just raised $250 million (which might help pay its legal bills). What caught my eye in the Wall Street Journal article about the funding round and the […]
The Blood of Dawnwalker's protagonist is giving me Witcher déjà vu
Is there such a thing as being too similar to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
Reacting to the 2025 GOTY nominations
Matt Patches and Simone de Rochefort discuss the top 6 games at this year's Game Awards.