Major model releases and multimodal competition

Competition is shifting toward controllable, reference-driven, editable, and audiovisual systems. Nano Banana 2.1 adds sharper, cheaper, more consistent image editing with masking, extreme aspect ratios, and migration implications, while Kandinsky 6.0 Video, Prism, Grok Imagine Video 1.5, Veo, Kling, Seedance, Flux 3 Image, and Tripo P2.0 broaden audiovisual, multi-shot, and 3D workflows; independent reliability, licensing, and cost verification remain limited.