Nano Banana AI Saree Trend Sparks Privacy Concerns After Instagram User’s Experience
Nano Banana AI Saree Trend Sparks Privacy Concerns After Instagram User’s Experience
A viral AI photo tool is under fire after claims it revealed personal details without consent
Google’s Nano Banana AI, a rebranded version of its Flash 2.5 image-generation model has taken Instagram by storm, with users turning selfies into hyper-realistic figurines and even Polaroid-style portraits of their younger selves. One particularly popular feature transforms ordinary photos into saree-clad versions of the user.
But what seemed like harmless fun is now raising serious privacy questions. An Instagram user recently claimed that the saree-generation tool produced an image of her that included a mole on her body, something she had never mentioned in her prompt.
“How does Gemini know I have a mole in this part of my body? This is scary, very creepy,” she said in a viral video, urging people to be cautious about uploading personal images to AI platforms.
The post sparked intense debate online. Some users speculated that Google may have used personal data from services like Google Photos to refine the output. One commenter wrote: “Google knows everything about you. Better results probably came from your old photos.” Others pointed out that AI systems often pull patterns from a person’s digital footprint, suggesting that oversharing online might be the real issue.
Not everyone was convinced. Critics dismissed the claim as a misunderstanding of how large AI models work, arguing the mole could have been a coincidental output. One user wrote: “Stop spreading misinformation. Gemini is one of the most careful models when it comes to content and data security. Half-knowledge is dangerous.”
The controversy also reignited broader concerns about data use in generative AI, especially with companies like Meta openly stating they use public Instagram posts and captions to train their systems.
For now, the Nano Banana AI saree trend remains popular, but the viral debate has left many questioning just how much these AI tools know about us and whether our digital footprints are feeding them more than we realise.
