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Today’s climb through the Valley reveals:
Google launches Nano Banana Pro
ChatGPT launches group chats globally
Plus trending AI tools, posts, and resources
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THROUGH THE VALLEY
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Google has released Nano Banana Pro, a new image generation and editing model built on Gemini 3 Pro. It is the successor to Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image), which went viral for turning photos into 3D figurines and reportedly brought 13 million new users to the Gemini app in four days. Nano Banana Pro is designed for both casual creators and professional teams that need accurate, brand-safe visuals.
The model can create infographics, slide decks, memes, mockups, storyboards, and product visuals, and it is particularly strong at rendering text inside images in multiple languages.
Another major upgrade is its ability to connect directly to Google Search. Nano Banana Pro can combine your instructions with real-world information and generate visuals that feel more accurate and grounded. You can create images that include up-to-date details such as the current weather, a quick sports snapshot, or even a recipe overview.
Nano Banana Pro also brings an improved understanding of adding text inside the images. The image generation model can now handle longer pieces of text, more languages, and clearer formatting.
Nano Banana Pro is rolling out across the Gemini app, AI Mode in Search (for Pro and Ultra users in the US), NotebookLM, Google Ads, Workspace apps like Slides and Vids, Vertex AI, and Flow, Google’s AI filmmaking tool.
All images are tagged with SynthID for invisible watermarking, and Google is adding a tool in the Gemini app that lets users upload an image and ask if it was generated by Google AI. Free and Pro tiers keep a visible Gemini watermark, while Ultra and Studio output remove it for professional use.
Source: OpenAI
OpenAI has begun rolling out group chats to all logged-in ChatGPT users across Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, following a successful pilot in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan. The feature shifts ChatGPT from a one-on-one assistant into a collaborative space where friends, families, classmates, or coworkers can work together in the same conversation.
Up to 20 people can join a shared chat via invite or link. Each user sets a small profile so participants can see who’s talking, and ChatGPT’s own memory stays private and separate. Adding someone to an existing chat creates a new copy, keeping your original thread unchanged.
Powered by GPT-5.1 Auto, group chats support search, uploads, generation, and image tools. Rate limits apply only when ChatGPT responds, not to messages between people. OpenAI has also trained new social behaviors: ChatGPT follows the flow of the conversation, knows when to stay quiet, and can jump in when tagged. It can also react with emojis and reference participant photos for personalized outputs.
The feature is meant for planning trips, organizing projects, settling debates, co-writing documents, school research, or workflow collaboration.
Privacy rules apply automatically. Group chats don’t use or store personal memory. Invitations must be accepted before joining. Participants can mute notifications, configure custom instructions per group, and manage membership.
Why does it matter?
ChatGPT is slowly shifting from a chatbot to a social, collaborative platform. Group chats open the door to shared planning, multi-person workflows, and eventually, agentic assistance that coordinates across a group, not just an individual. With Sora’s social app and GPT-5.1’s multi-tone options, OpenAI is quietly positioning ChatGPT as a place where people interact together, not just with the AI.
TRENDING TOOLS
Smithery Chat > Talk directly with artifacts, switch to code mode, and connect with more than two thousand integrations
Design Mode in Replit > Prototype polished, production-ready UIs quickly using Gemini 3 Pro
Spine Canvas > Move beyond plain chat and collaborate visually with support for more than three hundred AI models
Olmo 3 > A fully open model suite built for reasoning, chat, and advanced tool use from the AI2 team
Comet > AI browser, now available for Android
Talo > A real-time AI translator that works seamlessly across video calls, live events, and streaming sessions
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