About this episode

The episode discusses Google's new Nano Banana 2 image model, the shutdown of Gemini-3, and the reality behind recent AI layoffs.

Join us on the STILL RELEVANT tour: https://simulationtheory.ai/16c0d1db-a8d0-4ac9-bae3-d25074589a80 Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai TDIA Discord: https://discord.gg/gTW4RkAJvn Horse Egg Lifecycle Infographic: https://staging.simtheory.ai/share/file/UZ2KJU ---- So Chris, this week... we're diving into Google's new Nano Banana 2 image model - 50% cheaper and supposedly faster (when the servers aren't melting). We put it through its paces with annotation-based editing, slide generation, and yes, the return of the legendary horse egg experiment. Plus: Google quietly kills Gemini-3 after just a few months (good riddance?), we discuss why the model was "dead on arrival" for agentic workflows, and break down the real story behind those massive AI layoff announcements from Block and WiseTech. Spoiler: it's probably not actually about AI. We also get into the current state of the model wars (Opus 4.6 vs Codex 5.3), why smaller models like GLM-5 might be the future for enterprise agentic tasks, and Chris's wife teaching Claude to literally speak to her using Mac's text-to-speech. The models are getting creative. --- 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Nano Banana 2: Price, Speed & First…

People in this episode

Hosts: Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkey

Topics covered

• AI models
• Google
• image generation
• AI layoffs
• technology news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Block, WiseTech

Products: Nano Banana 2, Gemini-3, GLM-5, Opus 4.6, Codex 5.3

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