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Re: Nano Banana Pro

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xmprt wrote: post #423
logankilpatrick wrote: post #419

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First off, apologies for the bad first impression, the team is pushing super hard to make sure it is easy to access these models. - On permission issue, not sure I follow the flow that got you there, pls email me more details if you are able too and happy to debug: Lkilpatrick@google.com - On overall friction for billing: we are working on a new billing experience built right into AI Studio that will make it super ea…

Please make sure that the new billing experience has support for billing limits and prepaid balance (to avoid unexpected charges)!

We are working on hard billing limits! Should land in late Dec or early Jan!

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Wolf_Larsen wrote: post #548
logankilpatrick wrote: post #419

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First off, apologies for the bad first impression, the team is pushing super hard to make sure it is easy to access these models. - On permission issue, not sure I follow the flow that got you there, pls email me more details if you are able too and happy to debug: Lkilpatrick@google.com - On overall friction for billing: we are working on a new billing experience built right into AI Studio that will make it super ea…

Hi, is your team planning on adding a spending cap? Last I tried, there was no reasonable way to do this. It keeps me away from your platform because runaway inference is a real risk for any app that calls LLMs programatically.

yes, we are working on this : )

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Workaccount2 wrote: post #442
logankilpatrick wrote: post #419

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First off, apologies for the bad first impression, the team is pushing super hard to make sure it is easy to access these models. - On permission issue, not sure I follow the flow that got you there, pls email me more details if you are able too and happy to debug: Lkilpatrick@google.com - On overall friction for billing: we are working on a new billing experience built right into AI Studio that will make it super ea…

The fact that your team is worrying about billing is...worrying. You guys should just be focused on the product (which I love, thanks!) Google has serious fragmentation problems, and really it seems like someone else with high rank should be enforcing (and have a team dedicated to) a centralized frictionless billing system for customers to use.

We use Google Cloud's billing service, but given the super global nature of our customer base, there is a lot of complexity in moving this into AI Studio. Though we are making great progress!

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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neom wrote: post #667
logankilpatrick wrote: post #419

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First off, apologies for the bad first impression, the team is pushing super hard to make sure it is easy to access these models. - On permission issue, not sure I follow the flow that got you there, pls email me more details if you are able too and happy to debug: Lkilpatrick@google.com - On overall friction for billing: we are working on a new billing experience built right into AI Studio that will make it super ea…

The permission thing happens to me too, but very intermittently, usually a couple of hard refreshes of the tab clears it up, sometimes I need to delete the conversation I'd just tried to start and start a new conversation. I can't remember the exact message, sometime like you don't have permission or permission denied. If I had to guess it happens 1 in 5 sessions I load. The API key stuff would be a lot easier if it…

Pls email me if you can on the latter, we can update whatever pointers we have to the cloud console and make them more contextual. We are also pushing on the north star of the P99 user experience not needing to leave AI Studio. We have landed a lot of stuff to make this possible already!

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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rapind wrote: post #604
logankilpatrick wrote: post #419

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First off, apologies for the bad first impression, the team is pushing super hard to make sure it is easy to access these models. - On permission issue, not sure I follow the flow that got you there, pls email me more details if you are able too and happy to debug: Lkilpatrick@google.com - On overall friction for billing: we are working on a new billing experience built right into AI Studio that will make it super ea…

Dude. Let me give you my money. This isn’t rocket science. I don’t want anything to do with Google Cloud or Google Workspace or w/e it’s called now. Let me just subscribe to Gemini or Nano straight up. This should be like 2 clicks.

yes, that is the goal : )

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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shostack wrote: post #583
logankilpatrick wrote: post #419

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First off, apologies for the bad first impression, the team is pushing super hard to make sure it is easy to access these models. - On permission issue, not sure I follow the flow that got you there, pls email me more details if you are able too and happy to debug: Lkilpatrick@google.com - On overall friction for billing: we are working on a new billing experience built right into AI Studio that will make it super ea…

Hopefully the mobile version of AI Studio gets some improvement. There are some pretty awful UI bugs that make it really difficult to use in a mobile first manner. Though I still managed to vibe code an app using nanobanana. Now I just need to sort API billing with it so I can actually use my app.

Any feedback on mobile in the meantime? pls send it: Lkilpatrick@google.com, we have a revamp coming soon.

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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herval wrote: post #477
ceroxylon wrote: post #306

Google has been stomping around like Godzilla this week, and this is the first time I decided to link my card to their AI studio. I had seen people saying that they gave up and went to another platform because it was "impossible to pay". I thought this was strange, but after trying to get a working API key for the past half hour, I see what they mean. Everything is set up, I see a message that says "You're using Paid…

Google APIs in general are hilariously hard to adopt. With any other service on the planet, you go to a platform page, grab an api key and you’re good to go. Want to use Google’s gmail, maps, calendar or gemini api? Create a cloud account, create an app, enable the gmail service, create an oauth app, download a json file. Cmon now…

I know not accessible across all API's, but the point of AI Studio is you can sign up and we just make an API key for you automagically, no extra button clicks or the like.

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by logankilpatrick »

wheelerwj wrote: post #313
ceroxylon wrote: post #306

Google has been stomping around like Godzilla this week, and this is the first time I decided to link my card to their AI studio. I had seen people saying that they gave up and went to another platform because it was "impossible to pay". I thought this was strange, but after trying to get a working API key for the past half hour, I see what they mean. Everything is set up, I see a message that says "You're using Paid…

100% this. I am using the pro/max plans on both claude and openai. Would love to experiment with gemini but paying is next to impossible. Why do i need the risk of a full blown gcp project just to test gemini. No thx.

You can test gemini in 3 clicks at https://ai.studio

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by logankilpatrick »

re5i5tor wrote: post #470
ceroxylon wrote: post #306

Google has been stomping around like Godzilla this week, and this is the first time I decided to link my card to their AI studio. I had seen people saying that they gave up and went to another platform because it was "impossible to pay". I thought this was strange, but after trying to get a working API key for the past half hour, I see what they mean. Everything is set up, I see a message that says "You're using Paid…

Ha, I have been steeling myself for a long chat with Claude about “how the F to get AI Studio up and working.” With paying being one of the hardest parts. Without a doubt one essential ingredient will be, “you need a Google Project to do that.” Oh, and it will also definitely require me to Manage My Google Account.

For new users in AI Studio, we make a cloud project and key for you automatically. Hear you on the billing setup, we are working on it, landing in January!
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