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The mysterious "nano-banana" image editing AI that went viral last week was finally revealed to be Google's new Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model, and today we'll show you how you can use it for free.

Plus, we'll explain the drama surrounding YouTube and the accusations that it has been using AI to alter videos without creators' knowledge or permission, break down the latest research from Anthropic on how AI is actually being used in education, and more.

All that awaits, so let's get right into it...

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🪄 App of the Week: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

Use Case: World's Best Image Editing AI for Free

Link: Gemini Web App (Free, Not Sponsored!)​

Why you should care:
​Google's new Gemini Flash 2.5 Image is an incredibly impressive image generation AI model that is particularly adept at image editing.

This is the mysterious "nano-banana" model that became the top-rated AI image model in the world during its early previews. Gemini Flash 2.5 Image's edits maintain consistency of elements and character likeness across multi-step edits. It's also capable of blending two or more images together, applying and mixing elements and styles.

Gemini Flash 2.5 Image is built into the Gemini chatbot ecosystem, which means anybody with a Google account (free or paid) can use it right now! Here's how:

1. Go to Gemini using the link above.
2. Sign in with a Google account.
3. Click the "+" button at the bottom of the chatbox and upload an image.
4. Type a text prompt beginning with "Edit this image..." and describe the changes you'd like made.
5. Send the prompt!

Within seconds, Gemini will edit your image and send you the result. As mentioned above, Gemini Flash 2.5 Image is fantastic at maintaining consistency during multi-step edits, so you don't have to stop after you get the first result. Send another prompt to continue editing your image until you're happy with the output!

📰 News That Matters: Anthropic Reveals How Educators Are Using AI

Link: Anthropic Education Report - How educators use Claude | Anthropic​

Why it matters:
​Ever since the release of ChatGPT, students and teachers have been locked in an arms race.

Many students use AI tools to cheat on their work, causing plenty of issues and headaches for teachers who now have the additional challenge of "checking for potential AI cheating" on top of everything else they do.

Overwhelmed with the additional work they'd just been handed, teachers began adopting AI tools of their own to help grade papers, create quizzes and lesson plans, and more.

Until recently, there was very little hard data on how AI was being used in schools, and almost all information came from anecdotal sources.

But this week, we finally got some clarity as Anthropic published a new report analyzing 74,000 conversations from educators on Claude.

Here are some of the key findings:

• Educators use AI in and out of the classroom - Educators’ uses range from developing course materials and writing grant proposals to academic advising and managing administrative tasks like admissions and financial planning.
• Educators are building their own custom tools with AI - Faculty are using Claude Artifacts to create interactive educational materials, such as chemistry simulations, automated grading rubrics, and data visualization dashboards.
• Educators tend to automate the drudgery while staying in the loop for everything else - Tasks requiring significant context, creativity, or direct student interaction like designing lessons, advising students, and writing grant proposals are where educators are more likely to use AI as an enhancement. In contrast, routine administrative work such as financial management and record-keeping are more automation-heavy.
• Some educators are automating grading, while others are deeply opposed - Faculty used AI for grading and evaluation less frequently than other uses, but when they did, 48.9% of the time they used it in an automation-heavy way where the AI directly performs the task. That’s despite educator concerns about automating assessment tasks, as well as surveyed faculty rating it as the area where they felt AI was least effective.

On the whole, this data shows that AI is saving teachers a ton of time on necessary-but-boring tasks, and it's letting them put more of their energy into the important parts of the job.

The rise of AI has no doubt proved a challenge to the education system, but it looks like educators are adapting to this new era better than expected, and we may be moving towards a future where both educators and students get to do less of what they hate and more of what they love.

📝 Prompt of the Week: ChatGPT's New QuizGPT Feature

Prompt Formula:
​Quiz me on [TOPIC/SUBJECT] in QuizGPT.

Quick Description:
​OpenAI quietly released a new flashcard generator feature for ChatGPT that currently can only be accessed by specifically requesting it in your prompt. You can use the above prompt to access this handy new educational feature!

How to Use:

1. Copy the above prompt.
2. Paste into ChatGPT.
3. Replace [TOPIC/SUBJECT] with what you want to be quizzed on.
4. Send the prompt!

ChatGPT will then use the QuizGPT tool to create a simple flashcard quiz on your chosen topic. You can enhance this prompt by adding additional context onto the end, like "I'm a total beginner in this area." or "I studied this for a few years in high school." Now get out there, test your knowledge, and learn something new today!

📽️ Video of the Week: YouTube Is Using AI to Alter Content (and not telling us)

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YouTube is catching serious heat this week, and for good reason: it has been applying edits to videos without creators' knowledge or consent.

This story first came to light when musician and YouTuber Rhett Shull posted this video presenting his findings. Rhett and his friend Rick Beato had both noticed that their YouTube Shorts seemed to have a strange "oil painting" effect, convincing them that YouTube was using an AI upscaling effect.

Rhett's video created a ton of awareness around the issue, and eventually, YouTube responded to the allegations, claiming they weren't using GenAI upscaling, but rather "traditional machine learning technology" to denoise and unblur videos.

But here's the thing: it doesn't really matter what tool they used. The issue here is that YouTube decided to make a change that affects every creator on the platform, and they didn't notify anybody or offer any sort of opt-out.

Hopefully, YouTube and its peers in the tech world learn the lesson here and operate with more transparency going forward.

📢 Community Highlight: Stunning Art & The Process Behind It

Big shout-out to AI Advantage community member and professional radiologist Dominique: for the past week, he’s been using AI to turn diagnostic imaging into posters he'll be using at an upcoming radiology convention in Stockholm.

In Dominique's post inside the community, he showcased a few of his favorite pieces and shared his entire creation process in Midjourney so that members can adopt the technique for their own work.

Want to make things like this and get feedback, tools, and workflows from other creators?

​Click here to learn all about The AI Advantage community, and join to get involved with cool stuff like this!​

That's all for this week!

See you next Thursday.

Much Love,
Igor & The AI Advantage Team

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