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Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon, touting stronger cybersecurity benchmark results
Google says the model leads one intelligence index and reaches cyber defenders first this week.
The short version
- Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon as its next frontier model, two weeks after the Argon launch.[9to5Google]
- Google says Carbon ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 and fourth on WebDev Arena.[Hacker News · 9to5Google]
- Google says access begins this week for a subset of cyber defenders, with no broader date given in these reports.[Hacker News · 9to5Google]
- Google says introductory pricing is $2 per million input and $10 per million output tokens, rising to $4 and $20 afterward.[Hacker News · 9to5Google]
Key facts
- Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon as its next frontier model following the launch of Argon two weeks earlier.[9to5Google]
- Google reports that Carbon ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 with a score of 59.[Hacker News · 9to5Google]
- Google reports that Carbon scored 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro, 54.8% on ExploitGym, and 71.0% on CWE-bench.[Hacker News · 9to5Google]
- Google states introductory pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input tokens priced at 95% off.[Hacker News · 9to5Google]
- After the introductory period, Carbon is reported to cost $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens.[9to5Google]
- Carbon will first be available to a subset of cyber defenders this week.[Hacker News · 9to5Google]
- Google reports that Carbon placed fourth on WebDev Arena at 1769 Elo, a gain of 89 points.[9to5Google]
What remains uncertain
- The benchmark, ranking, and cybersecurity results are Google's own reported figures, and the provided reporting includes no independent verification.[Hacker News · 9to5Google]
- The timing of broader release to developers, businesses, and consumers is not specified; the reporting says only that it is coming soon.[9to5Google]
Sources
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