Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon, touting gains in coding, agents and cybersecurity

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Google has released Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier model, which it says delivers significant improvements in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity. The company announced the model on Wednesday and pointed to its top ranking on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v5.0), ahead of Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra. Carbon builds on Argon, which Google launched earlier this month. For now, access is limited to a select group of cybersecurity defense companies, with broader availability planned for other partners through its Fairwind Program.

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