Google’s Nano Banana Brings Next Gen AI To The Mainstream
Google’s Nano Banana is the best AI image editor we’ve ever seen & it bodes well for the future of Gemini going forward. But even better, it’s actually useful in everyday life. In other AI News, OpenAI’s new Realtime API improves its voice AI systems. It’s also taking people back from Meta who is also doing a deal with Midjourney. YES, it’s the CIRCLE OF AI…. Plus Unitree’s robot carries heavy stuff, Krea’s got a new real time AI video model, NVIDIA’s cutting edge new algo that speeds up LLMS & yet another demo of our very own new start-up AndThen! WE GO BANANAS. AGAIN AND AGAIN. YOU KNOW THE DEAL. #ai #ainews #openai Come to our Discord to try our Secret Project: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // Nano Banana Lands aka Google Flash 2.5 Image https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/1960342037536108930 Logan From Google “Past Forward” Nano Banana Demo https://x.com/LimitlessFT/status/1960377217940152377 Gavin Nano Banana Pics: https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1960352979527041280 Took a old pic & made the do the electric slide: https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1960376142365327548 Isometric From Building https://x.com/demishassabis/status/1960716082890657828 https://x.com/demishassabis/status/1961077016830083103 Gavin Space Needle https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1961088493385638074 Kevin’s Isometric Games Repositioning https://x.com/Attack/status/1961090913142460668 Our SpeedRun Photo https://x.com/gavinp urcell/status/1960450271009558636 OpenAI Realtime Update Demo https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-realtime/ People Already Leaving Meta’s SuperIntelligence Lab https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-superintelligence-team-researchers-exit-ai-push-2025-8 BUT Hypernova Glasses Coming This Year https://x.com/mingchikuo/status/1960513106704277658 Meta + Midjourney https://x.com/alexandr_w ang/status/1958983843169673367 New Codex Update https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/1960809814596182163 NVIDIA Jet-Nemotron https://x.com/JacksonAtkinsX/status/1960090774122483783 Vibe-Voice Open Source TTS From MSFT https://x.com/realmrfakename/status/1960008298545270981 Krea Real Time Video Model https://x.com/krea_ai/status/1961074072487620635 Google’s AI Hurricane Model Give 72 Hour Heads up on Cat 5 Hurricane https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/googles-ai-model-just-nailed-the-forecast-for-the-strongest-atlantic-storm-this-year/ Unitree A2 Carries 250kg Up & Down Stairs https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1n0rvm6/unitree_a2_is_doing_endurance_tests_w_250kg_in/ Triple Backflip on Spot | Boston Dynamics https://youtu.be/LMPxtcEgtds?si=CF1sSdH__CRa9gLU Zuck Vs Sam Matrix Video https://www.reddit.com/r/Bard/comments/1n1dt1g/forget_google_this_is_the_power_of_open_source/ Top 100 Gen AI App List From The Olivia Moore/a16z https://a16z.com/100-gen-ai-apps-5/ AndThen Homepage (sign up for updates!) https://andthen.chat/
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Move Over OpenAI… Google Looks Ready To Take The AI Lead
AI NEWS: Google’s been moving insanely fast & shipping as OpenAI & Sam Altman have been working out what went wrong with the GPT-5 launch. Will we have a new AI leader? Google’s Made By Google event introduced a new natural language photo editing software (that could be powered by Nano Banana - their secret unreleased model) and a live AI translator that feels the like future. Meanwhile, OpenAI is looking forward to GPT-6 already & Elon has Grok moving towards makin’ babies. All that and a new Robot Watch, updates from Runway and Eleven Labs & an alpha demo of our very own new AI audio start-up AndThen! YEAH WE MADE A COMPANY. FOR REAL WE’RE ADULTS HERE. #ai #ainews #openai Come to our Discord to try our Secret Project: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // Google’s New ‘Made By Google’ Pixel & AI Event Live Stream https://www.youtube.com/live/JXCXTQIIvM0?si=-j_prVWExRkh1hUE Google AI Zoom Example https://x.com/madebygoogle/status/1958219733079048230/video/1 Natural Language Photo Editing https://blog.google/products/photos/ai-photo-editing-google-photos/ Magic Cue https://x.com/madebygoogle/status/1958221553482576212 AI Translate Example Video https://x.com/boneGPT/status/1958228439556563376 NanoBanana New Mystery Google Image Model https://x.com/ProperPrompter/status/1958545492289216751 https://x.com/emollick/status/1957588350207938937 https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1muw88f/showcase_of_the_new_nanobanana_model_on_lmarena/ Google Storybook https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/1957479712386851324 Gavin & Kevin’s Google Storybook Example https://g.co/gemini/share/89a11b2c1fdc Sam Altman Talking GPT-6 Already https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/19/sam-altman-on-gpt-6-people-want-memory.html GPT-5 Pro Does New Math? https://x.com/SebastienBubeck/status/1958198661139009862 Some context from UCLA mathematician expert: https://x.com/ErnestRyu/status/1958408925864403068 Meta “Pausing” AI Hires https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/21/meta-brakes-massive-ai-talent-recruitment-spending-spree-mark-zuckerberg-tbd-superintelligence-lab.html Runway Game Worlds LAUNCHED https://x.com/runwayml/status/1958516860149997672 ElevenLabs v3 API LAUNCHED https://x.com/matistanis/status/1958227715699445803 DeepSeek 3.1 Thinking Released https://x.com/deepseek_ai/status/1958417062008918312 Elon Will Program AI To Increase The Birth Rate https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1958500552955896206 Also: “Grok 5 has a shot at being AGI” https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1958499441469739329 Anthropic Lets Claude Quit “Abusive” Conversations https://x.com/AISafetyMemes/status/1956615568909328413 Gizmo: Cool Vibe Coded Games Platform https://x.com/MakeGizmos/status/1957522425047896095 Allex “Buff” Robot https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1957695026386842093 Unitree Tease Next Humanoid https://x.com/UnitreeRobotics/status/1957800790321775011 Getting a Leg up with End-to-end Neural Networks | Boston Dynamics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYwekersccY Winners At World Robotics Championships 100m DASH: https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1mt6iqj/100m_humanoid_champion/ STANDING JUMP: https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1956744420755439891 SOLO DANCE: https://x.com/siyuanhuang95/status/1956901673668124817 Digital Signature Based on Your Name App https://x.com/joshtriedcoding/status/1957005166294581688 CarBoarding https://www.reddit.com/r/aivideo/comments/1mt8v39/carboarding/ AndThen Homepage (sign up for updates!) https://andthen.chat/
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OpenAI’s GPT-5 Stumbles On The Rocky Road To AGI
SECRET PROJECT IN DISCORD: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Is this the AI slow down? OpenAI’s GPT-5’s first week was kind of rough but Sam Atlman is working on it. GPT-4o is back for those who missed it but AI might not get to the Singularity as fast as people think. GPT-5 *did* crush Pokemon & a new version got a gold medal in the International Programming Competition. Plus, new Anthropic Claude updates, Sam & Elon are feuding again, Apple’s new tabletop robot, Matrix Game 2’s playable AI worlds, Meta’s AI permissions fumble and maybe… most importantly… Robots can now do our laundry. ROBOTS PLEASE DO ALL OUR CHORES. WE WILL BE NICE. #ai #ainews #openai Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // OpenAI’s Sam Altman Interview with Nikhil Kamath https://youtu.be/SfOaZIGJ_gs?si=O48zZSKwbv3w3oL8 Sam Tweet On ChatGPT Changes https://x.com/sama/status/1955438916645130740 People Hated Losing 4o’s Charming Personality https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/openai-brings-back-gpt-4o-after-user-revolt/ Sam’s Deeper Dive On Attachment https://x.com/sama/status/1954703747495649670 GPT-5 Reality Check on Super Intelligence https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-gpt-5s-rocky-rollout-is-the-reality-check-we-needed-on-superintelligence-hype/ GPT-5 Crushes Pokémon Red 3x faster than o3 https://x.com/clad3815/status/1955980772575268897?s=4 OpenAI Reasoning System (Not GPT-5 regular) Gets Gold In International Programming Competition https://x.com/SherylHsu02/status/1954966109851119921 Claude Sonnet 1m Token Context https://x.com/claudeai/status/1955299573620261343?s=46 Elon VS Sam Next Round: Apple App Store Drama https://x.com/sama/status/1955094792804720660 Apple Rejects Elon’s Bias Claims https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn842x1v1n1o Head of xAI Leaves The Company https://x.com/ibab/status/1955741698690322585 Apple Tabletop Robot + More https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/report-apples-smart-home-ambitions-include-tabletop-robot-cameras-and-more/ Playable AI World MATRIX GAME 2 https://huggingface.co/Skywork/Matrix-Game-2.0 Meta’s AI Chatbots were allowed “sensual” conversations with minors https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/ Figure 02 LAUNDRY FOLDING BABY https://x.com/Figure_robot/status/1955290971660251220 1x Tech Robot Holds 40 Pound Rice Bag https://x.com/BerntBornich/status/1954974590138191977 Would Humanoid Robot Games https://x.com/unitreerobotics/status/1955928317355549137?s=46 The ‘Clanker’ Discussion https://x.com/eigenrobot/status/1954761814526296100
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OpenAI's GPT-5 Is Here. It's Very Good AI But Not AGI
OpenAI’s GPT-5 is out & it’s the best AI model! For now. Overall, the benchmarks are good-not-great but the vibes are off-the-charts. We dive into the DEEP end. Sam Altman brought the whole team out for a long demo of GPT-5. It’s great at coding! It’s better at writing! It has new AI personalities! It will not hallucinate nearly as much! Which is more than we can say for the OpenAI graphics department. Then, Google Deepmind’s Genie 3 shows us what the next generation of AI *might* look like with its new world model. Anthropic isn’t left out with a 4.1 update to its Claude Opus model. Eleven Labs drops an new AI music model, also great. And finally xAI drops Imagine AI Image & Video generation which, lets just say, can get a little *too* spicy. And, finally, Unitree’s Hunter Stellar Hunter robot scares the hell out of us. NEW MODELS FOR EVERYONE! SCARY ROBOTS AT THE END FOR JUST YOU! #ai #ainews #openai Join the discord: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // OpenAI’s GPT-5 Announcement Live Stream https://www.youtube.com/live/0Uu_VJeVVfo?si=PzayOarIJqw1AUTA ChatGPT-5 Promo Video https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1953504357821165774 Ethan Mollick “it’s very good and it just does stuff…” https://x.com/emollick/status/1953502029126549597 Benchmarks Are…Fine? https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/1953504796549558527 OpenAI Chart Crime https://x.com/EMostaque/status/1953503036501877053 Theo T3-GG’s Tweet https://x.com/theo/status/1953514692439347419 New OpenAI ChatGPT Personalities https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1953534071772262511 OpenAI Open Weight Models https://openai.com/open-models/ OSS Minecraft Test https://x.com/adonis_singh/status/1952806201617510759 Google DeepMind’s Genie 3: World Model https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/genie-3-a-new-frontier-for-world-models/ Good Information Dense hands on from Google Scientist https://x.com/tejasdkulkarni/status/1952737669894574264 Good Knight Example https://x.com/philipjohnball/status/1952767070623437063 Emergent Behavior of Video T-Rex https://x.com/jkbr_ai/status/1953154961988305384 Claude Opus 4.1 https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-1 Eleven Labs Music https://x.com/elevenlabsio/status/1952754097976721737 Musician Using It: https://x.com/elevenlabsio/status/1953424556246384814 Grok Imagine https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/04/grok-imagine-xais-new-ai-image-and-video-generator-lets-you-make-nsfw-content/ Our Grok Imagine Examples https://x.com/AIForHumansShow/status/1952067002488779102 Mesh-Blend 3D AI for Unreal Engine https://x.com/EHuanglu/status/1952017300946911368 Kitten TTS Tiny Model Runs On Devices https://x.com/divamgupta/status/1952762876504187065 Unitree Stellar Hunter Robot (good lord) https://x.com/UnitreeRobotics/status/1952672597558309136 Kwindla’s Voice Game Demo https://x.com/kwindla/status/1952947685012717659 Neural Viz Sydney Sweeney Parody https://x.com/NeuralViz/status/1952531202482856053
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OpenAI’s GPT-5 Leaks Show Us The Future (Of Next Week??)
OpenAI’s GPT-5 is coming soon and it is…good?. Mystery models have been testing on various platforms that may show us the future of OpenAI’s newest AI & the future of the space. Sam Altman’s company has been ramping up the hype machine entering next week when most expect GPT-5’s release (as well as a new possible Google model). Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg is talking up Meta’s personal Super Intelligence plans. Also, Runway’s Aleph & Ideogram’s Character mode give us more AI video tools while new emergent behavior lets you prompt Google’s VEO 3 in amazing ways. And a very *spooky* new Robot Watch where we foreshadow our impending doom! IT’S NOT SO BAD IF THE ROBOTS TAKE CARE OF US IS IT?? #ai #ainews #openai Join the discord: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // GPT-5 Finally Coming? https://x.com/ChatGPTapp/status/1950675512625705337 Zenith, Lobster & Nectarine Models *Briefly* Appeared On LMArena https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1m9i0i5/gpt5_zenith_is_more_intelligent_than_o3pro/ Rumored To Be Great at Coding https://x.com/Yuchenj_UW/status/1950763090968252582 One Shot Minecraft https://x.com/BLCNYY/status/1949909724876722512 Zenith Coding Examples https://x.com/SadAlbert10/status/1950237091985818034 SVG Pelican https://x.com/benjilona/status/1950736111203954854 New Microsoft Co-Pilot Smart Mode Powered By GPT-5 https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/715849/microsoft-copilot-smart-mode-testing-notepad Microsoft & OpenAI On The Verge of a Deal (Finally) https://x.com/morqon/status/1950212329141879124 ChatGPT Arr to $12b, Anthropic at $9b https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-hits-12-billion-annualized-revenue-breaks-700-million-chatgpt-weekly-active-users?rc=c3oojq&shared=4d1e944ddd2b1508 Zuck’s SuperIntelligence Labs Vision Video https://x.com/AIatMeta/status/1950543458609037550 Someone at Mira Murati’s Thinky Machines Turned Down 1 BILLION From Meta https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/1950242928917696751 Runway Aleph https://youtu.be/KUHx-2uz_qI?si=-7BRYuPQ0juA9HGr Examples: https://x.com/c_valenzuelab/status/1950691579041124801 https://x.com/blizaine/status/1950007468324491523 https://x.com/ProperPrompter/status/1950721487419097467 https://x.com/ProperPrompter/status/1950002466474410400 Ideogram Character https://x.com/ideogram_ai/status/1950255115753095307 Veo3 Hack: Write The Prompts On The Image https://x.com/jboogx_creative/status/1949230927504371765 https://x.com/Ror_Fly/status/1950352402416115788 https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1948844167603310660 QWEN New AI Models (Open Source + Sonnet 3.5 level on low power computers) https://x.com/MaximeRivest/status/1951011344678846789 Figure 02 Autonomously Doing Laundry (this is WAY too quiet) https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1950685253447913798 Lume Scary Robot Lights https://x.com/aaronistan/status/1949862617872478664 Unitree G1 Meltdown https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1949187112018034825 YOYO IDE TOOL (nerd alert) https://www.runyoyo.com/ NBA2K With AI Filter https://x.com/willahmed/status/1950246714411036874
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