In Episode 22 of Creative Flux, Pierson (@piersonmarks) and Bilal (@deepwhitman) break down Google's massive AI launch week featuring the benchmark-breaking Gemini 3, Gemini in Chrome, and Nano Banana Pro (i.e. nano-banana-2) image generator. They explore its text rendering abilities, multi-image storytelling, and pairing with Gemini 3 Pro for unprecedented creative control.
 
This episode also covers OpenAI's counter-moves with GPT 5.1 Pro and Codex Max 2, Replicate's Cloudflare acquisition, Disney's embrace of AI-generated content, and a Pokemon card generator Pierson built using Nano Banana and X402 crypto micropayments for frictionless transactions.