Google's Gemini 4 Carbon Goes Live on Vertex AI Ahead of General Release

Google's Gemini 4 Carbon model launched on Vertex AI and was added to the Google Cloud SKU catalog on Nov. 10 ahead of its general release announcement. The model, unveiled on Oct. 28 and initially restricted to vetted cybersecurity defenders in the Fairwind Program, topped SEC-bench Pro at 88.2% in vulnerability proof-of-concept generation and ranked No. 1 on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index v5 with a score of 59. It also led Mercor's APEX-Agents leaderboard with a 90.4% mean score across investment banking, management consulting, and corporate law tasks.