Google Releases Gemini 4 Carbon for Vulnerability Detection
First merged summary.
Google Gemini 4 Carbon leads benchmarks with 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro but limits access to selected cyber defenders initially.
Google released Gemini 4 Carbon, a frontier AI model excelling in detecting, exploiting, and patching software vulnerabilities. It scores 59 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5 and achieves 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro, 54.8% on ExploitGym, and 71.0% on CWE-bench. The model resists indirect prompt-injection attacks and follows Gemini 4 Argon. Availability starts with selected cyber defenders under the Fairwind program before wider rollout.
- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5 score: 59
- SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%
- ExploitGym: 54.8%
- CWE-bench: 71.0%
- Intro pricing: $2 per million input tokens
- Limited Fairwind access for cyber defenders first
Timeline
dated events in the reporting · oldest first- Oct 28, 2026Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon as security-focused model · Cyber Security News
- Oct 29, 2026Reports highlight Gemini 4 Carbon leading in security benchmarks · Hacker News
- Oct 29, 2026Google details Carbon's security capabilities and Fairwind rollout · SecurityWeek
- Oct 29, 2026Gemini 4 Carbon ranks first on Artificial Analysis index · Help Net Security
- Oct 31, 2026Google recaps Gemini 4 Carbon pre-release for government and defenders · Google
What each outlet adds
beyond the shared facts- Help Net SecurityEmphasizes Carbon's superiority in finding and fixing security flaws
- SecurityWeekDetails Fairwind program with over 650 organizations
- Hacker NewsProvides Artificial Analysis index ranking and pricing details
- Cyber Security NewsNotes Carbon as follow-on to Argon and U.S. government testing
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-33096
- Organizations
- Google DeepMindWizDeepMindArtificial Analysis
- Countries
- United States
Coverage
oldest first · one row per article · UTC- · 13d ago
Hacker News · AIFirst report
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.
- · 13d 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.
Vulnerabilities in this story
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-33096 | Out-of-bounds read in Windows HTTP.sys allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network | 7.5 | 1% |