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Google limits Gemini 4 Carbon to Fairwind cyber defenders

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What's new

October 29: SecurityWeek says Fairwind covers more than 650 organizations, intro prices later rise to $4 and $20, and Google will gather feedback before a wider launch.

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Gemini 4 Carbon leads cited security indexes but remains limited to selected Fairwind defenders at introductory prices.

Google DeepMind announced Gemini 4 Carbon two weeks after Gemini 4 Argon, calling it its strongest model for long-horizon coding, agentic work, and cybersecurity rather than a Flash-class release. Google says Carbon ranks first on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 at 59, versus Argon’s 50, and scores 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro, 54.8% on ExploitGym, and 71.0% on CWE-bench. Access starts with selected cyber defenders through the Fairwind Program, which Google says includes more than 650 organizations, then approved partners, before a wider launch. Introductory pricing matches Argon at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, later rising to $4 and $20. Google says it is joining U.S. voluntary pre-release testing and will gather feedback first.

Key facts
  • Google cites 88.2% SEC-bench Pro, 54.8% ExploitGym, and 71.0% CWE-bench.
  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 score is 59, versus Argon’s 50.
  • Fairwind includes more than 650 organizations, Google says.
  • Intro prices are $2/$10 per million tokens, later $4/$20.
  • Gray Swan saw no successful indirect prompt-injection attacks, Google says.
  • Google says secure-code success more than doubled versus Argon.
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Timeline

dated events in the reporting · oldest first
  1. Oct 28, 2026Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon two weeks after Argon · Google DeepMind

What each outlet adds

beyond the shared facts
  • SecurityWeekFairwind has more than 650 organizations; later prices are $4 and $20.
  • The DecoderIndex 59 versus Argon 50; hallucination rose from 4% to 11%.
  • Ars TechnicaWebDev Arena rose 89 points to fourth; general users cannot use it.
  • Help Net SecurityBuilt on the Argon safety framework; every tested injection attack failed.
  • Latent SpaceOne-million-token context; text, image, video, and speech input.
CVEs
CVE-2026-33096
Vendors
Google DeepMindGoogleOpenAIAnthropicAppleMicrosoft
Products
Google ChromeApple SafariWindows HTTP.sys
Organizations
WizGoogle DeepMindArtificial AnalysisFairwind ProgramVals AIArena.ai
Countries
United States
AI models
Gemini 4 CarbonGemini 4 ArgonGPT-6 AstraClaude Opus 5.5Claude Fable 5.1Gemini ArgonGPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 TerraArgon

Coverage

oldest first · one row per article · UTC
  1. · 2d ago Google DeepMindFirst report

    Google DeepMind announces Gemini 4 Carbon frontier model

    Limited access starts with cyber defenders under Fairwind, at Argon’s $2/$10 per million token prices.

  2. · 2d ago Hacker News · AI

    Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon with cybersecurity focus

    Selected cyber defenders get access this week via Fairwind, priced at $2 and $10 per million tokens.

  3. · 2d ago MarkTechPost

    Google DeepMind introduces Gemini 4 Carbon for cyber defense and coding

    The retrieved page is only a cookie notice, so no capabilities, access, or benchmarks are stated.

  4. · 2d ago Ars Technica · AI

    Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, not yet available to users

    Google says Carbon tops Argon on its tests, including cleaner code, but the staged release remains closed.

  5. · 2d ago The Decoder

    Google DeepMind releases Gemini 4 Carbon two weeks after Argon

    Carbon leads Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 at 59 versus Argon’s 50, with stronger security-benchmark scores.

  6. · 1d ago The Verge · AI

    Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon, initially limited to cyber defense firms

    Google says Carbon tops two bug-finding benchmarks and costs the same as Argon, at $2 and $10 per million tokens.

  7. · 1d ago Latent Space

    Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon first for cyber defenders

    DeepMind claims 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro; Artificial Analysis ranks Carbon first on Intelligence Index v5 at 59.

  8. · 1d ago Hacker News · AI

    Gemini 4 Carbon leads Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5

    It scores 59 and is limited to selected users, trailing Claude Opus 5.5 by 3 points on the coding-agent index.

  9. · 1d ago Help Net Security

    Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon for security and coding work

    Access starts with selected cyber defenders via Fairwind at $2 per million input tokens before a later price rise.

  10. · 1d ago The Hacker News

    Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon with leading cyber benchmarks

    Access is limited to some cyber defenders under Fairwind, and Google says it resisted every tested indirect prompt injection.

  11. · 1d ago SecurityWeek

    Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon for finding and fixing flaws

    Limited Fairwind access comes first; Google cites 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro and prices of $2 and $10 per million tokens.

Vulnerabilities in this story

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2026-33096
Out-of-bounds read in Windows HTTP.sys allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network
7.51%