At the end of the 80s, The microwave was a great innovation. Everyone seemed to have one at home … except my family. My grandmother refused: I said it sounded risky and would make us lazy. How do we convince her? With Corn popcorn! Thus, the micro went from being a suspicious device to a practical one … although many use it only for popcorn.
Similarly the Generative artificial intelligence To our lives. The ads that “will take our jobs” or “put the world of head” are not enough reasons for people to try it. But and if it is presented as a game, which is also free? There, the story changes.
Thus, phenomena have arrived as The famous Ghibli photoswhich made thousands of users want to become animations in the style of Miyazaki, the Simpsons or Lego.
If we recapitulate a little, we check why AI has become so popular in such a short time: The “Play and learn” has worked. Tools or novels are announced, which enthusiasts will test and promote on their own initiative, then, among all users we will train and test those functions, which once they are validated, will be offered only in pay versions. (The AI business model will explain it on another occasion).
For those of us who are going to a slower step and we are more cautious to try news of artificial intelligence, Can we also participate in the “game” of AI? Clear!
To do this, today I share ideas to “play” with two novelties, which for today’s world, already sound like “old”: GPT-5 and Nano Bananawithout giving our biometric data or putting confidential information at risk.
GPT-5
GPT-5 is The new chatgpt generation (OpenAI), launched on August 7, 2025. According to the tool itself, “it is designed to be faster, multimodal and integrated: it understands and generates text, images and audio in the same conversation.”
Did we need a faster AI? Maybe not. What we do want to be smarter: remember what we are talking about, hold long projects and prevent us from jumping from one app to another. And yes, stop being so complacent.
Is it worth trying?
- You are already being integrated little by little in all accounts, even in the free version (although with limited functions). Maybe you already use it.
- It is also reaching the AI of Microsoft (Co -ilot) and will be integrated into other third -party apps.
How to play with her safely?
- Enter your chatgpt account and select the GPT-5 model (if it does not appear, you may already have it composed by default).
- To take advantage, go where your photo and name appear and enter where it says “customize.” There fills in detail all the information you ask for (without putting delicate data). I ask you not to be complacent and operate with critical and analytical thought.
- Test: Ask him, for example, to act as a financial coach and explain what inflation is and how to protect you from it. Do not give you data from your financial situation (much less if you use the free version)
- Then, compare the answers with other models (Deepseek, Perplexity, Claude, for example) and evaluate which one fits your style. Only in this way, you can ask for more accurately what it works and what does not.
- As an additional recommendation: use it in the desktop version, as cell versions usually have limited functions.
My experience
The Holy Grail is in the Creation of own GPTSand this can only be done in the pay version. I have tried it to compare data for a book and it gives me more details, sources that I can track and take the initiative to give me additional information that I did not ask. I also believe that it is less complacent, so I can also detect errors more easily.
Nano Banana de Google
Nano Banana is the Gemini Image Motor (Google), officially called Gemini 2.5 Flash Image. Although it became popular in September 2025 (so that we massively “play” with it), it is actually available since April 2024.
Do we need another AI to obsess when creating images and replicas of photos? Maybe not. But if I, you are already fed up in your post and tutorials with the same images and the same cartoon characters, here is something different. This model has been announced as the “New Photoshop”, ideal for those who do not know design: it edits existing photos with great ease and without requesting detailed prompts. From my perspective, it does not seek to replace Dall-E 3 of Chatgpt, but complement it.
Is it worth trying?
- Although it also creates impressive images, such as Chatgpt, Nano Banana modifies existing images with precision (you no longer have to ask your designer friend to remove your drunk uncle from the photo of your wedding). And yes, for those who know little about design software, it is very easy to use.
- You can give you step by step, to see how a photo or image is: change the color of the sky, remove the blurry, eliminate red eyes … instead, with chatgpt, everything depends on a very good prompt, detailed enough.
- Nano Banana creates more realistic or photographic images, while chatgpt and other AI app, create more artistic and fantastic styles, as well as conceptual art.
- Another remarkable thing is that you can upload photos or images to use them as a model or merge them with others. Other AI models would only do it with very descriptive text instructions (Prompts).
How to play with her safely?
- Enter your Gemini account and look for, in the chat, the function of images. You can also request, with a text instruction (prompt) something you want to create or fix.
- Upload a photo without sensitive information (no faces, plates or directions) and ask for basic changes: lighting, colors, duplicate an object, etc. It will be very easy!
- You can also ask you to create realistic photos from step by step instructions.
- For now, Nano Banana is available in the free version of Gemini (with limited functions). With more complete functions it is in Google’s payment plans: One AI Premium, Workspace and Cloud.
My experience
Personally, I value the practical edition of this tool: I do not need Photoshop or know how to give perfect prompts. Although for simple touch -ups, I still use the AI of my cell phone (we will talk after the finish line). Maybe Nano Banana shines more for those who require professional photos.
And the popcorn?
Today, it is very useful play with artificial intelligence with curiosity and responsibilityto learn how it can really help us, without putting sensitive information at risk. Most of the innovations have entered our lives through the playful path … like those first popcorn in the micro that marked a new way of life.
