Why This Google Exec Says Nano Banana’s Launch Was a ‘Success Disaster’
Both Google and OpenAI have found that successful AI launches can trigger their own kinds of problems.
BY BEN SHERRY, STAFF REPORTER @BENLUCASSHERRY
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Google had to take drastic measures to meet unexpectedly high demand for Nano Banana, the AI-powered image generator that the company launched last August. But unlike OpenAI, which experienced a similar crisis last year, Google had—and still has—an ace up its sleeve.
Nano Banana, also called Gemini 2.5........
