Woman shocked to find mole in Nano Banana AI saree photo, warns users about Google’s Gemini trend

The Nano Banana saree trend has taken over Instagram, with people using Google’s Gemini AI to turn regular selfies into glamorous retro-style portraits. The edits, with chiffon sarees, glowing light and dramatic poses, look straight out of a 90s Bollywood movie. But one user’s experience has raised eyebrows about how safe these AI tools really are.

An Instagram user named Jhalakbhawani tried the trend by uploading a picture of herself in a green suit. Gemini transformed it into a beautiful saree portrait, and she even shared it online. At first, everything looked fine, but on a closer look she spotted something unusual. The AI image showed a mole on her left hand. She does have a mole there in real life, but it wasn’t visible in the original photo she had uploaded.

Reacting to the incident, Google spokesperson told Moneycontrol, “The Nano Banana image model that was recently launched was not trained with user data from Google Photos, Google Workspace, or Google Cloud services. Any non-visible attribute that shows up in a generated image that wasn’t visible in an input image in the same Gemini conversation is a coincidence.”

That detail left her disturbed. In her post, she warned followers to be careful while using AI platforms, saying, “Whatever you upload on social media or AI platforms, make sure you stay safe.”