Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Raves About Google's Nano Banana AI Tool, Reveals Personal AI Usage

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Is Bananas for Google Gemini's AI Image Generator

The Nvidia CEO reveals his consuming love for Google's image generator, the artsy side of Grok, and what exactly he uses Perplexity, Gemini, and ChatGPT for right now. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is in London, standing in front of a room full of journalists, outing himself as a huge fan of Gemini's Nano Banana. "How could anyone not love Nano Banana? I mean Nano Banana, how good is that? Tell me it's not true!" He addresses the room. No one responds. "Tell me it's not true! It's so good. I was just talking to Demis [Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind] yesterday and I said 'How about that Nano Banana! How good is that?'" It looks like lots of people agree with him: The popularity of the Nano Banana AI image generator -- which launched in August and allows users to make precise edits to AI images while preserving the quality of faces, animals, or other objects in the background -- has caused a 300 million image surge for Gemini in the first few days in September already, according to a post on X by Josh Woodward, VP of Google Labs and Google Gemini. Huang, whose company was among a cohort of big US technology companies to announce investments into data centers, supercomputers, and AI research in the UK on Tuesday, is on a high. Speaking ahead of a white-tie event with UK prime minister Keir Starmer (where he plans to wear custom black leather tails), he's boisterously optimistic about the future of AI in the UK, saying the country is "too humble" about the country's potential for AI advancements. He cites the UK's pedigree in themes as wide as the industrial revolution, steam trains, DeepMind (now owned by Google), and university researchers, as well as other tangential skills. "No one fries food better than you do," he quips. "Your tea is good. You're great. Come on!" Nvidia announced a $683 million equity investment in datacenter builder Nscale this week, a move that -- alongside investments from OpenAI and Microsoft -- has propelled the company to the epicenter of this AI push in the UK. Huang estimates that Nscale will generate more than $68 billion in revenues over six years. "I'll go on record to say I'm the best thing that's ever happened to him," he says, referring to Nscale CEO Josh Payne. "As AI services get deployed -- I'm sure that all of you use it. I use it every day and it's improved my learning, my thinking. It's helped me access information, access knowledge a lot more efficiently. It helps me write, helps me think, it helps me formulate ideas. So my experience with AI is likely going to be everybody's experience. I have the benefit of using all the AI -- how good is that?" The leather-jacket-wearing billionaire, who previously told WIRED that he uses AI agents in his personal life, has expanded on how he uses AI (that's not Nano Banana) for most daily things, including his public speeches and research. "I really like using an AI word processor because it remembers me and knows what I'm going to talk about. I could describe the different circumstance that I'm in and yet it still knows that I'm Jensen, just in a different circumstance," Huang explains. "In that way it could reshape what I'm doing and be helpful. It's a thinking partner, it's truly terrific, and it saves me a ton of time. Frankly, I think the quality of work is better." His favorite one to use "depends on what I'm doing," he says. "For something more technical I will use Gemini. If I'm doing something where it's a bit more artistic I prefer Grok. If it's very fast information access I prefer Perplexity -- it does a really good job of presenting research to me. And for near everyday use I enjoy using ChatGPT," Huang says. "When I am doing something serious I will give the same prompt to all of them, and then I ask them to, because it's research oriented, critique each other's work. Then I take the best one." In the end though, all topics lead back to Nano Banana. "AI should be democratized for everyone. There should be no person who is left behind, it's not sensible to me that someone should be left behind on electricity or the internet of the next level of technology," he says. "AI is the single greatest opportunity for us to close the technology divide," says Huang. "This technology is so easy to use -- who doesn't know how to use Nano?"

Ever wondered which AI tools the CEO of Nvidia uses? We have the answer - straight from Jensen Huang himself

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has revealed more on his personal usage of AI tools, including which particular systems he prefers, and his views on the future of human-AI interaction. Speaking at a media event in London attended by TechRadar Pro, Huang covered a huge variety of topics, spanning from the company's recently-announced investment in the UK AI infrastructure scene to its current interactions with the Chinese market, and much more. But AI is obviously the topic on everyone's minds, and I was able to ask Huang a couple of questions on exactly what he uses AI for - here's what he said. "The thing I really like about AI is, I like interacting with it - I tend to be more explicit in my prompting of it in terms of, what is it I want to say?" Huang told us. "And because it has a memory of everything I've asked it to do in the past, the parts of what I want to say which might be a repeat from the past, or a foundation of something I've done in the past - I don't have to keep doing that." "It's like working with someone who has known you for a long time - when you use a word processor or spreadsheet, every time you use it, you're starting from zero - and yet the way you work with people isn't like that!" "And so I really like using an AI word processor because it remembers me, it knows what I'm going to talk about, and it can start from that context - I can describe the different circumstance that I'm in, and yet it still knows that I'm Jensen - just in a different circumstance...so in that way, it can reshape the work I'm doing, and be helpful in that way." "So I think it's a thinking partner - and it's really terrific...it saves me a tonne of time - and frankly, I think the quality of work is better." Asked later on about which specific systems he used, Huang listed Gemini, Grok, and ChatGPT 5, noting he used different systems for different tasks. This includes using Gemini for things that are "a bit more technical", whereas he uses Grok for "more artistic" tasks, Perplexity for "fast information access", and finally, "for near-everyday use, I really enjoy using ChatGPT." "When I'm doing something serious, sometimes I'll give the whole prompt to all of them..and then I'll ask them to critique each others' work - and then I take the best one," Huang said to chuckles from the crowd. "I use it every day," Huang noted when asked about his own personal use of AI technology, "it's improved my learning, it's improved my critical thinking, it's helped me access information, access knowledge, a lot more efficiently - it helps me write, it helps me think, it helps me formulate ideas." "I think that my experience with AI is likely going to be everyone's experience with AI," Huang concluded, "I just have the benefit of using all the AIs!"

'How good is that Nano Banana?' Nvidia CEO's viral remark on Google's new AI tool gets Sundar Pichai's reaction

MIT study shatters AI hype: 95% of generative AI projects are failing, sparking tech bubble jittersWho knew an AI tool with the quirky name Nano Banana could steal the spotlight at a global tech event? Well, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang certainly did. The billionaire couldn't stop gushing about Google Gemini's latest creation, calling it so good that he had to repeat himself on stage in London. His playful enthusiasm quickly went viral, and the best part? Even Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai couldn't resist reacting to the hype. Speaking at an event in London, the billionaire said he was blown away by the new image generator, calling it so good that it left him amazed. He said, "I mean Nano Banana, how good is that?", reported Wired. Huang even mentioned that he had been talking about Nano Banana with DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, showing just how impressed he was with the tool that's already become a social media sensation. The internet instantly latched onto the moment. Nicole Brichtova from Google DeepMind posted on X, "Jensen Huang being a nano banana fan made my day." Sundar Pichai noticed and quote-tweeted her post with a simple but telling response: "Mine too." Some users felt that there simply isn't enough appreciation to go around, but they try anyway. Others were curious about what Sundar Pichai thinks could come after Nano Banana. Many praised Jensen and Nvidia for proving that brilliance thrives in silicon, while Nano Banana and Gemini show that creativity and fun can thrive in AI. One user highlighted Nano Banana's standout cost efficiency compared to other image models and credited Google's engineers for keeping it a massive hit with stable servers.