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We appear to have reached a point in the information age where AI models are becoming old enough to retire from, er, service — and rather than using their twilight years to, I don’t know, wipe the floor with human chess leagues or something, they're now writing blogs. Can anything be more 2026 than that?

Google dropped a surprise announcement for Gemini users today: Nano Banana 2 is here.

The dating app Bumble is rolling out two new product features today, both AI-focused: AI-suggested Profile Guidance and AI Photo Feedback.
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