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🖼️ Google Launches Nano Banana Pro
PLUS: 🚨 OpenAI Unveils GPT‐5.1‐Codex‐Max
Pradeep Pandey
November 24, 2025
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Today’s Highlights:
🖼️ Google Launches Nano Banana Pro
🇸🇦 Musk’s xAI to Build 500 MW AI Data Center in Saudi Arabia
🚨 OpenAI Unveils GPT‑5.1‑Codex‑Max
🧩 Microsoft Launches Agent 365
🚀 xAI Dropped Grok 4.1 Fast and Agent Tools API
💰 Anthropic Hits $350B with Microsoft-Nvidia Backing
🧑⚖️ Larry Summers Exits OpenAI Over Epstein Ties
🇸🇬 DeepMind Sets Up New APAC AI Lab
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Google just dropped Nano Banana Pro, its upgraded image model under Gemini 3 Pro—offering better realism, flawless text rendering, and deep creative control.
The Details:
Nano Banana Pro now powers image generation inside Gemini—free globally via “Create image” in the Gemini app with the “Thinking” model.
Generates infographics, posters, and multilingual content with legible in-image text, real-time info overlays, and up to 14 images blended.
Advanced editing lets users adjust focus, lighting, angles, bokeh, color grade, and more—ideal for design, storytelling, and personalization.
Outputs support up to 4K resolution and diverse aspect ratios. Edited images embed C2PA metadata for future AI-content transparency.
A quota applies to free users, with expanded access for Google AI Plus, Pro, Ultra, and NotebookLM subscribers, and AI Mode in Search (US).
Why it matters:
This is Google’s most serious image model yet—built to compete with Midjourney, OpenArt, and Firefly. With built-in editing, accurate text, and C2PA tagging, it’s a design powerhouse made for everyday creators.
xAI
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Elon Musk’s xAI is teaming up with Humai and NVIDIA to build a 500MW AI data center in Saudi Arabia—one of the largest of its kind globally. The project signals a major push by Saudi Arabia to become a world leader in AI infrastructure.
The Details:
xAI, NVIDIA, and Saudi-backed Humai will develop a 500MW AI compute campus for running large language models.
Announced during the US-Saudi Investment Forum with Crown Prince MBS present—showing strong state support.
Humai is funded by Saudi’s PIF and plans to build multiple hyperscale data centers across the region.
U.S. chip export rules were recently eased, allowing NVIDIA to ship powerful AI chips to Saudi Arabia.
Grok, xAI’s chatbot, will be deployed across the new infrastructure as a key workload partner.
Why it matters:
This marks xAI’s first major international expansion and gives Saudi Arabia a strategic AI foothold. It also highlights the geopolitical race to build sovereign AI power at scale.
OPENAI
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OpenAI just launched GPT‑5.1‑Codex‑Max, a powerful new model built for long, complex software tasks with stronger safety controls and enterprise‑ready performance.
The Details:
Handles ultra‑long coding tasks with memory spanning millions of tokens using a new “compaction” system.
Achieves 77.9% accuracy on SWE‑bench Verified, beating the older model while using 30% fewer tokens.
Runs across Windows terminals, IDEs, and cloud platforms—built for real developer environments.
Adds safety features: sandboxed file writes, offline mode by default, and runtime behavior monitoring.
Rolling out now in ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise—API access coming soon.
Why it matters:
Codex‑Max isn’t just faster—it’s safer and more persistent. As AI becomes a daily coding partner, this upgrade lets devs trust it with bigger, riskier, and more complex projects.
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MORE AI & TECH NEWS
Google DeepMind opened a new AI lab in Singapore to develop culturally aware AI and enhance Gemini models for APAC products and services.
Microsoft launched Agent 365—a dashboard to monitor, manage, and secure AI agents across company workflows without rebuilding existing tools.
xAI dropped Grok 4.1 Fast and Agent Tools API, enabling devs to build agents with real-time search, file handling, and reasoning.
Luma AI secured $900M from Saudi-backed Humain to build video AI and a 2GW supercluster in Saudi Arabia with regional AI focus.
MIT built an AI agent trained on 41K videos to convert 2D sketches into 3D CAD models, making design easier and faster.
U.S. approved the sale of 70K advanced AI chips to UAE and Saudi, reversing earlier blocks and strengthening Nvidia and AMD deals.
Microsoft and Nvidia are investing up to $15B in Anthropic, valuing it at $350B—expanding compute and reducing OpenAI reliance.
Larry Summers resigned from OpenAI’s board due to new ties revealed with Jeffrey Epstein, marking another fallout from the scandal.
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