Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon. #1 on Artificial Analysis index at 59, but access is limited to cyber defenders for now
Google has announced Gemini 4 Carbon, which has achieved the #1 position on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 with a score of 59. This places it ahead of competitors like Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Astra, and Argon. Currently, access to Gemini 4 Carbon is restricted to cyber defenders.
This marks the first time Google has released a top-ranked model with initial access limited exclusively to cyber defenders, unlike previous broad releases.
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Went through Google's blog plus 9to5Google and Digital Trends.
Confirmed by outside reporting: #1 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 (59). Digital Trends says that's ahead of Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Astra and Argon.
Google's cyber numbers: SEC-bench Pro 88.2%, ExploitGym 54.8%, CWE-bench 71.0%. Also, WebDev Arena +89 Elo to #4.
Google's own internal claims: 2x better secure code than Argon, ~2x fewer unsupported claims, ~80% fewer high-severity misalignment alerts, and 0.0% on the Grey Swan prompt injection (one benchmark only).
Caveats from Digital Trends: it trails rivals on a couple of coding benchmarks and is second to Opus 5.5 on Artificial Analysis' Coding Agent Index.
Rollout: a subset of cyber defenders this week, more partners via the Fairwind Program, and everyone else "as soon as possible" with no date. $2/$10 per million tokens at launch, reportedly going to $4/$20 later.
Curious how much weight people give vendor-reported safety numbers until independent testing lands.
Sources: Google, 9to5Google, Digital Trends