Google Introduces Gemini 4 Carbon With Restricted Access, Leading Benchmark Scores and Early Perplexity Evaluations

1. 04:19
   Aravind Srinivas · X

   Aravind Srinivas shares early Gemini 4 Carbon evaluations and reports WANDR SoTA

   Aravind Srinivas shares early evaluations of Gemini 4 Carbon, calling it the strongest model they have seen for long-form research and answer quality, with a new SoTA on the Wide-And-Deep-Research (WANDR) benchmark. He says it is coming soon to all Perplexity Pro and Max users inside Computer, but the post cuts off while describing an availability condition. https://t.co/baD8cf7DA4

1. 16:24
   Latent Space

   Latent Space Preview: AIE CODE’s 2026 Themes and Speakers

   Latent Space previews AIE CODE, its last flagship AI Engineer conference of the year, as a single-track, invite-only summit for 1,000 agentic engineers. The organizers plan to recap 2026’s coding themes and preview what’s next in 2027, focusing on scaling without slop, System One models, and increasingly ambitious software rewrites. The post says a couple hundred seats remain.

2. 03:07
   Artificial Analysis · X

   Artificial Analysis launches Intelligence Index v5 and a new Progress Index

   Artificial Analysis launched Intelligence Index v5 and its new Progress Index at a San Francisco gathering on Tuesday. Intelligence Index v5 adds two benchmarks and three upgrades, increases weighting on agentic coding and science, and bases a majority of the index on private test sets or held-out answers. Progress Index uses item response theory across dozens of evaluations to track capabilities over time, while Intelligence Index remains its flagship metric for current model selection. Intelligence Index v5: https://artificialanalysis.ai/ Progress Index: https://artificialanalysis.ai/trends

1. 18:16
   The Decoder

   Google’s search revenue miss raises investor concerns about AI monetization

   Google lost up to ten percent of its market value after third-quarter search revenue grew about 12 percent, below analysts’ expected 15 percent, raising investor concerns about AI search monetization. Executive Philipp Schindler acknowledged that fast-growing AI mode queries contributed to the shortfall because of lower monetization, among other factors. Google nevertheless reported its highest annual search query growth rate in five years and announced plans to expand its chatbot ad program in the U.S. and internationally.

2. 13:55
   Latent Space

   Gemini 4 Carbon tops leaderboards, launches for cyber defenders

   Google DeepMind announced Gemini 4 Carbon, initially available to trusted cyber defenders through the Fairwind Program, with wider developer access promised as soon as possible. Latent Space reports that Carbon leads Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5 with a score of 59 and ranks #1 in Text Arena, while trailing some rivals on coding benchmarks. The model supports a 1M-token context window, accepts text, image, video and speech inputs, and produces text output.

3. 08:03
   量子位

   Google Introduces Gemini 4 Carbon, Which Tops Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 5.0

   Google introduced Gemini 4 Carbon, which scored 59 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 5.0, surpassing Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra. At launch, its pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, half the listed $4/$20 rates for Opus 5.5; cached input costs $0.20 per million tokens. Starting this week, Google will make Carbon available first to some cybersecurity defenders for pre-release testing.

4. 04:03
   The Verge · AI

   Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon with a ‘significant leap’ in cybersecurity

   Google has released Gemini 4 Carbon, claiming gains in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity over Argon. Access is currently limited to select cybersecurity defense companies, with expansion planned to other Fairwind Program partners. Carbon leads the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v5.0), SEC-bench Pro, and ExploitGym; Google says it halves unsupported claims compared with Argon and will launch at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.

5. 03:17
   The DecoderPicks

   Google DeepMind releases Gemini 4 Carbon two weeks after Argon

   Google DeepMind released Gemini 4 Carbon just two weeks after Argon, reaching 59 points on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 versus Argon's 50. Carbon leads the overall index but trails Opus 5.5 in Claude Code for agentic coding. Selected cybersecurity experts get access starting this week, with broader availability planned after Google collects feedback and adjusts safety guardrails.

6. 02:47
   Ars Technica · AI

   Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model that you can't use

   Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon two weeks after rolling out Gemini 4 Argon, claiming improvements in coding, agentic tasks, scientific analysis, and cybersecurity, with access pending a staged release. Google says Carbon is twice as likely as Argon to generate vulnerability-free code and gained 89 points on WebDev Arena, reaching number four. Ars Technica notes that its reported benchmark leads over competing frontier models are generally only a few points.

7. 02:18
   宝玉 · XPicks

   Google introduces Gemini 4 Carbon with initial access limited to trusted cyber defenders

   Google introduced Gemini 4 Carbon on October 28, two weeks after Argon, with access starting this week for some trusted cyber defenders. Sundar Pichai says Carbon ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis’s v5.0 Intelligence Index at 59 and improves long-horizon tasks. Access will expand through the Fairwind Program before wider availability, with no specific date announced. Reported cybersecurity scores were measured with safeguards disabled.

8. 02:17
   Nathan Lambert · X

   I feel a little bad ranting at Gemini about the unreleased model, as going through the unofficial channels to get a frontier model out today I hear is a good bit of a mess and definitely not easy. That's why they say patience is a virtue.

   I feel a little bad ranting at Gemini about the unreleased model, as going through the unofficial channels to get a frontier model out today I hear is a good bit of a mess and definitely not easy. That's why they say patience is a virtue.

9. 01:28
   Josh Woodward · XPicks

   Google introduces Gemini 4 Carbon, with cyber defenders getting initial access

   Josh Woodward highlights the pace of Gemini releases and positive internal sentiment. 2 weeks ago: Gemini 4 Argon Today: Gemini 4 Carbon Quoting Sundar Pichai, he says Carbon will reach cyber defenders first, followed by wider availability. Pichai reports a score of 59 and #1 ranking on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0, improvements in long-horizon tasks over Argon, and strengthened frontier safeguards. https://twitter.com/sundarpichai/status/2115489219804352921

10. 01:27
    Nathan Lambert · X

    Nathan Lambert Says Gemini Models Aren’t Publicly Available When He Wants to Try Them

    Gdmi whenever I want to try a Gemini model it’s not publicly available. Don’t bother announcing your scores if we can’t use it. https://t.co/jfbUbrQXNJ

11. 01:23
    Nathan Lambert · X

    Nathan Lambert Says Gemini May Be Back in the Agentic Era

    I honestly don’t know how to try Gemini in the agentic era, maybe I finally need to fix that. Pretty wild they just have been out of it since December 2025 but look maybe back. https://t.co/sjord9cPwV In a quoted post, @sundarpichai says Google is introducing Gemini 4 Carbon, its next frontier model, and that it ranks #1 on the recently updated v5.0 of @ArtificialAnlys. Nathan Lambert reacts that Gemini may be back.

12. 01:23
    Artificial Analysis · X

    Gemini 4 Carbon Tops Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5

    Artificial Analysis ranks Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon No. 1 on its Intelligence Index v5, with a score of 59 and the top score in 4 of 9 evaluations. In a coding-agent comparison using Antigravity CLI, it scores 59, behind Claude Opus 5.5 at 62. Gemini 4 Carbon is rolling out to selected users and is not yet publicly available; Google is offering a 50% launch discount with no confirmed end date.

13. 01:03
    Google AI · X

    Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon with cybersecurity and long-horizon capabilities

    Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon as its strongest model, with state-of-the-art cybersecurity and long-horizon capabilities. Google says Carbon improves across most benchmarks, delivering strong frontier performance in autonomous coding and cyber defense. Carbon is initially available to a subset of trusted cyber defenders in Google’s Fairwind program, with access to expand as soon as possible.

14. 01:03
    Demis Hassabis · X

    Demis Hassabis touts Gemini 4 Carbon’s benchmark performance and safety research

    Demis Hassabis says Gemini 4 Carbon is SOTA across key benchmarks and combines frontier capabilities with deep safety and security research. https://t.co/TC8Y8ziPOI

15. 01:02
    Google DeepMind · X

    Google DeepMind introduces Gemini 4 Carbon as its next frontier model

    Gemini 4 Carbon is Google DeepMind’s next frontier model. Google DeepMind says it is state-of-the-art across cybersecurity and long-horizon capabilities.

16. 01:02
    Logan Kilpatrick · XPicks

    Logan Kilpatrick introduces Gemini 4 Carbon, claiming a big jump over Argon

    Introducing Gemini 4 Carbon, which Logan Kilpatrick calls a big jump over Argon, released just 2 weeks ago. Kilpatrick says Gemini 4 Carbon is SOTA on cyber and long horizon tasks, ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis V5, significantly improves usability in domains like coding, and is more aligned. https://t.co/Ikk9YedjCQ

17. 01:01
    Sundar Pichai · XPicks

    Google introduces Gemini 4 Carbon with leading intelligence and cybersecurity evaluation scores

    Sundar Pichai introduces Gemini 4 Carbon, Google’s next frontier model, following Argon’s release two weeks ago. Carbon ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 at 59 and scores 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro, 54.8% on ExploitGym, and 71.0% on CWE-bench. Pichai reports significant improvements in long-horizon tasks compared with Argon and strengthened frontier safeguards. Some trusted cyber defenders will get access starting this week, followed by more partners through the Fairwind Program ahead of wider availability soon.

18. 01:00
    Google DeepMindPicks

    Google DeepMind announces Gemini 4 Carbon with cybersecurity and long-horizon capabilities

    Google DeepMind announced Gemini 4 Carbon, reporting a score of 59 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 and cybersecurity benchmark results of 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro, 54.8% on ExploitGym, and 71.0% on CWE-bench, evaluated without guardrails. Access begins this week for a subset of cyber defenders and will expand through the Fairwind Program before broader availability. Introductory pricing will match Argon at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input tokens discounted 95%.

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