{
  "id": 12487259,
  "title": "Google Launches Nano Banana 2.1: Better Than Its Predecessor at Half the Price",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/google-launches-nano-banana-2-1-better-than-its-predecessor-at-half",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-06T22:46:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/380257/google-launches-nano-banana-2-1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Google's new image model, Nano Banana 2.1, is live. It costs about half as much as its predecessor, but the performance claims come from Google's own tests.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}