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Not yet. The Information reported on October 19 that Google is developing a model codenamed Gemini 4 Carbon as an upgrade to Gemini 4 Argon; Google has not announced it.
- Reported
The Information reporter Stephanie Palazzolo posts that the outlet has the scoop on a new Anthropic model, Google's Gemini 4 Carbon and a potential new Terra model from OpenAI, linking to the report.
Source: Stephanie Palazzolo (X) - Reported
The Information reports that Google is developing a model codenamed Gemini 4 Carbon that appears to improve on the Gemini 4 Argon release. No release date or benchmarks are given, and Google has not confirmed it.
Source: The Information - Reported
Citing Business Insider, The Decoder reports that rumors of a more powerful Gemini 4 model codenamed Carbon are circulating, and that one Google employee compared Carbon's coding abilities to Anthropic's Opus 5.5.
Source: The Decoder
- Is Gemini 4 Carbon out yet?
- No. Google has not announced it as of Oct 21.
- When is Gemini 4 Carbon expected?
- No official release date as of Oct 21.
- Unconfirmed
- Circulating with at least one public source we can link to; no official confirmation.
- Reported
- Reported by a news outlet; not confirmed by the company.
- Confirmed
- Confirmed by the company or another official source.
- Debunked
- Denied by the company, retracted by the original source, or shown to be false by the evidence.
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