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Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Post by kridsdale1 » Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 2:37 PM UTC

patates wrote: post #7

It seems that they still block access from Europe, or from Germany at least.

Get less contradictory regulations, then.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 2:37 PM UTC

qoez wrote: post #2

Anyone know how it handles '1920s nazi officer'? They stopped doing humans for a while but now I see they're back so I wonder how they're handling the criticism they got from that

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Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Post by Mistletoe » Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 2:38 PM UTC

lifthrasiir wrote: post #4

FYI, this is the famed nano-banana model which has been now renamed to gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview in LMArena.

https://medium.com/data-science-in-your-pocket/what-is-googl...

For people like me that don’t know what nano-banana is.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Post by bastawhiz » Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 2:40 PM UTC

napo wrote: post #8

napo wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it said: "I can create images about lots of things but not that. Can I try a different one for you?"

when giving more context it replied: """ Unfortunately, I can't generate images of people. My purpose is to be helpful and harmless, and creating realistic images of humans can be misused in ways that are harmful. This is a safety policy that helps prevent the generation of deepfakes, non-consensual imagery, and other problematic content. If you'd like to try a different image prompt, I can help you create images of…

What a weird rejection. You have to scroll pretty far in the article to see an example output that doesn't have a realistic depiction of a person.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Post by mindprince » Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 2:41 PM UTC

What is the difference between Gemini Flash Image models and the Imagen models?

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Post by elorant » Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 2:41 PM UTC

patates wrote: post #7

It seems that they still block access from Europe, or from Germany at least.

I can access it from Greece through AI Studio just fine.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Post by martythemaniak » Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 2:44 PM UTC

qoez wrote: post #2

Anyone know how it handles '1920s nazi officer'? They stopped doing humans for a while but now I see they're back so I wonder how they're handling the criticism they got from that

What is a "1920s nazi officer" what do they look like?

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Post by mkl » Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 2:44 PM UTC

That lamp example is pretty impressive (though it's hard to know how cherry-picked it is). The lamp is plugged in, it's lighting the things in the scene, it's casting shadows.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Post by j_m_b » Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 2:44 PM UTC

If this can do character consistency, that's huge. Just make it do the same for video...

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Post by asdev » Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 2:48 PM UTC

Looks like AI image generation is converging to a local maximum as well