Gemini 4 Carbon Beats Claude and GPT-6: Why Is Google Holding It Back?

Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon took first place on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, an independent ranking of AI models, on Wednesday. Yet most paying customers cannot buy it. Carbon scored 59, edging Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 at 58 and OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra at 57. Alphabet (GOOGL) shares rose about 1.5% on the day. Why Can’t Most Customers Buy Gemini 4 Carbon? Google is giving Carbon first to vetted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program. Developers, businesses, and consumers will follow, but Google gave no date. Google said the staged release puts safety first. Carbon’s biggest lead sits on hacking-related tests. On ExploitGym, which checks whether a model can prove a software flaw is usable in an attack, Carbon scored 54.8%.

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