I did take a selfie with Shah Rukh Khan after experimenting with Google's Nano Banana AI image editing technology.

My LinkedIn feed was overflowing with photos of people taking selfies over the weekend, featuring everyone from Tesla CEO Elon Musk to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. One picture looked entirely real, showing an executive from Harvard Business School posing for a selfie with Shah Rukh Khan.But after reading the piece, I learned that Nano Banana, a brand-new image editing model from Google's DeepMind division, was used to generate the image. Following its first release last week, the model was incorporated into Google Gemini.AI-generated photos can already be produced by Google's Gemini, albeit the output hasn't always been the best. The new AI model from the Google DeepMind unit, known as "Nano Banana" but officially named Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, functions similarly to the majority of AI image editing tools: you input an image and specify the modifications you wish to make.

The capacity to manage extremely specific adjustments, such as altering a subject's attire or location or including a third party (such as a celebrity) in a selfie, is what distinguishes this approach. Using Google's Nano Banana model is enjoyable. Both a visible and an invisible watermark, known as SynthID, are included in all outputs to assist avoid misunderstandings about whether images are artificial intelligence (AI)-generated or real.Launch Google AI Studio and log in with your Gmail credentials to use Nano Banana to alter an image. Google Gemini is an additional option. When you open it, the words "NEW!" will appear in a banner at the top. Use Nano Banana, our top picture model, to experiment with image modification. Your altered image will be available in a few seconds after you submit an image and write a prompt.I experimented with several image editing scenarios. Taking a selfie with Shah Rukh Khan was the first thing that came to mind. For instance, I wrote the prompt, "A selfie with Shah Rukh Khan," using a recent selfie I shot in China. I received the product in a matter of seconds, and I was astounded by how lifelike it appeared. It was a realistic picture of Shah Rukh Khan and me standing side by side.