# The Information — Google Launches Gemini 4 Carbon, Its Second Major AI Model in a Month

- Company: The Information (theinformation.com)
- Announced: 2026-10-28T17:43:40+00:00
- Category: new-model
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/google-launches-gemini-4-carbon-second-major-ai-model-month
- Record: https://forck.live/items/28884-google-launches-gemini-4-carbon-its-second-major-ai-model-in-a-month
- Subject: Reporting
- Models affected: Gemini 4 Carbon

Google unveiled Gemini 4 Carbon, which it says is significantly more capable than the model it released less than a month ago, as the company steps up efforts to contend with the leading frontier labs. The back-to-back launches follow nearly a year in which Google did not release a new flagship model.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/google-launches-gemini-4-carbon-second-major-ai-model-month:

> Google unveiled Gemini 4 Carbon, which it said is significantly more capable than the model it released less than a month ago, as the company steps up efforts to contend with the leading frontier labs.
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> The back-to-back launches come after nearly a year where Google didn’t release a new flagship ...

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