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Feb 26, 2026 Google rolls out Nano Banana 2’s free image and text AI across products. NVIDIA faces investor jitters after a cautious sales forecast. Marc Benioff dismisses fears of a SaaS collapse as AI reshapes enterprise software. New York sues Valve over loot box gambling. Google and Samsung ship agentic features Apple has not. Anthropic gives a retired AI model a Substack career.
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Google Brings Pro Image Features To Free Users
- Google expanded Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) image capabilities to free users across Search, Lens, the Google app, and Flow.
- It brings legible text rendering, translations, up to 4K output, control over aspect ratio, and consistent multi-character/object handling.
NVIDIA Growth Meets Persistent Bubble Concerns
- NVIDIA reported huge revenue growth but investor caution remains despite a Q1 forecast that beat estimates.
- Jensen Huang argued customers are already monetizing compute, while CFO Colette Kress said supply constraints persist but are manageable.
Use Agentic AI To Reinforce SaaS Value
- Mark Benioff dismissed fears of a 'SaaS-pocalypse' and positioned Salesforce's agentic AI as complementary to existing SaaS stacks.
- He argued companies continue to use lots of SaaS because agent features make those platforms more valuable, citing Anthropic running on Salesforce and Slack.