Image comparison: nano banana looks like a camera roll while ChatGPT Images 2.6 still screams AI slop

flowersslop · x · 2026-11-05

A side-by-side test of nano banana vs ChatGPT Images 2.6 (instant and thinking) on selfie-style portraits shows ChatGPT still has a "vague AI slop look" — pretty doll faces and 2015 Tumblr aesthetics — while nano banana output genuinely resembles someone's camera roll. The thinking mode did slightly better, but the realism gap remains visible in the shared images.

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