Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) is pushing deeper into the artificial intelligence (AI) race as it expands the capabilities of its Gemini ecosystem with two new AI models, Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash. The launches highlight Google’s strategy of making advanced generative AI faster, cheaper, and more accessible across consumer products, developers, and enterprise applications.
Nano Banana 2 Lite is Google’s most cost-efficient image generation model, delivering text-to-image outputs in about four seconds at a low cost of $0.034 per 1,000 images, making it suitable for rapid design, prototyping, and large-scale image creation.