Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon model aimed at cybersecurity work
Google released Gemini 4 Carbon, an AI model for coding and cybersecurity tasks, priced the same as Gemini 4 Argon's introductory rate, Reuters reports.
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Alphabet has introduced Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model. Reuters reports the launch came on Wednesday and intensifies competition with OpenAI and Anthropic in the push for more capable systems for writing code and defending against cyber threats.
The company says the model delivers top results on cybersecurity work, including finding vulnerabilities, exploiting them and patching software. In Google's internal tests, Carbon produced secure code at a success rate more than double that of Gemini 4 Argon. The model is built for complex, long-running engineering tasks.
At first, access will go to a limited group of cybersecurity defenders through the Fairwind Program, while the company keeps testing its safeguards. Pricing is set at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, the same as Gemini 4 Argon's introductory offer.
why it matters
For markets, the news is mostly technological and is unlikely to move the shares of large companies noticeably. It shows how intense the race among AI developers remains and how much they are investing in this segment.
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- Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon AI model with cybersecurity focus — Reuters, 28 October 2026 at 18:05 UTC
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