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

Summary

Google has released Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier model, citing significant gains in coding, agentic tasks and cybersecurity. The company says Carbon ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v5.0), ahead of Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra. Access is currently limited to a select group of cybersecurity defense companies, with broader expansion planned through its Fairwind Program.

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