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Google reveals new Gemini 4 Carbon AI model, narrowly beating Claude Opus 5.5 — frontier AI model is also the least likely to hallucinate, benchmarks claim

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Last week, Google released its latest AI model, Gemini 4 Carbon, topping intelligence rankings charts. The model has landed with a grander splash than most.

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