IT'S HERE! Gemini 4 Carbon Is Google's Most Powerful AI Yet
Google just announced Gemini 4 Carbon, and it's #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, one point ahead of Claude Opus 5.5. But only vetted cyber defenders can use it right now. Here's what Carbon wins, the two tests it loses, why Google is holding it back, what it'll cost, and when I think you'll get it. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO BYTEFORWARD AI news, coding agents, model comparisons, benchmarks, and the things people are actually building: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGGHPOAzUaKsSc2yjsOeAFQ?sub_confirmation=1 CHAPTERS 0:00 Gemini 4 Carbon is #1, and you can't use it 0:42 What Carbon is 1:26 #1 by a single point 1:49 Sundar, Elon and the reactions 2:12 Where Carbon wins 2:49 The two tests it loses 3:11 Coding: Claude's still ahead 3:45 The cybersecurity numbers 4:30 Why you can't use it 5:31 Should it count as #1? 5:50 Google's safety claims 6:20 What it builds 6:58 How much it'll cost 7:39 When you'll get it 8:01 My take What's confirmed vs guessed: the benchmark table, prices, safety claims and rollout come from Google's own post and pages. The Artificial Analysis, Arena and Vending-Bench numbers are those evaluators' own. The demo clips came from Arena testing before launch, so they're very likely Carbon but not proven. The mid-November date is my guess from Argon's 13-day rollout. GOOGLE Gemini 4 Carbon announcement: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-carbon/ Carbon benchmark table (Google DeepMind): https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/ Evaluation methodology: https://deepmind.google/models/evals-methodology/gemini-4-carbon Gemini 4 Argon Safety & Security Report: https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/gemini/gemini_4_safety_report.pdf Fairwind Program: https://deepmind.google/fairwind-program/ Gemini 4 Argon announcement (Sep 30): https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-4-argon/ Gemini 4 Argon for everyone (Oct 13): https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-argon/ Google AI plans: https://gemini.google/subscriptions/ Google DeepMind footage (Gemini 4 Argon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftkic7Tdpcg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVEfFyijQ2c LEADERBOARDS Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/artificial-analysis-intelligence-index Artificial Analysis launch thread: https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/2115494553780367384 Artificial Analysis hallucination numbers: https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/2115494564081570069 Text Arena: https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text WebDev Arena: https://arena.ai/leaderboard/code/webdev Andon Labs, Vending-Bench 2: https://x.com/andonlabs/status/2115490819926798499 SEC-bench: https://sec-bench.github.io/ POSTS SHOWN Sundar Pichai: https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/2115489219804352921 Elon Musk: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2115503730368061688 Sundar's reply: https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/2115505544018747732 Logan Kilpatrick: https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/2115514759164666320 @petergostev: https://x.com/petergostev/status/2115491642199183600 @JonCrosby_: https://x.com/JonCrosby_/status/2115499970220503299 @scaling01: https://x.com/scaling01/status/2115502223593746913 @AiBattle_: https://x.com/AiBattle_/status/2115513687373123788 @LuminaBench (Arena tests): https://x.com/LuminaBench/status/2115526444650807421 and https://x.com/LuminaBench/status/2112822997161562600 Voxel pagoda vs Argon, Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 (@LuminaBench): https://x.com/LuminaBench/status/2112829559158800732 Super Mario style level (@LuminaBench): https://x.com/LuminaBench/status/2112848294581813473 Steampunk kraken (@HarshithLucky3): https://x.com/HarshithLucky3/status/2112882176912158877 OTHER LABS Anthropic, Project Glasswing: https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing OpenAI Daybreak: https://openai.com/daybreak/ Our last video (the ranking): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G17_XOebIuM #Gemini #Google #Claude
