{
  "id": 13215998,
  "title": "Sources: as Google prepares to roll out its Gemini 4 Argon, staff are testing a new version internally named Carbon; one staffer says it \"feels like Opus 5.5\" (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/sources-as-google-prepares-to-roll-out-its-gemini-4-argon-staff-are",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-09T21:16:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/google-employees-test-new-gemini-4-model-argon-barium-carbon-2026-10"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Google is testing a new version of its Gemini 4 model, internally named Carbon. According to Business Insider, one employee said that Carbon \"feels like Opus 5.5\" for coding, referring to Anthropic's most powerful model for long-term agentic coding. This new version is being tested as Google prepares to roll out its Gemini 4 Argon model to the public.\n\nThe company is moving quickly with its new generation of Gemini 4 models, which were announced in late September. Google is competing in the fast-moving race for AI coding agents, with Anthropic and OpenAI having pulled ahead among developers with models built for complex engineering work.\n\nGoogle's internal testing shows the company's efforts to improve its AI models. The new Carbon model was made available inside Google's internal coding platform, Jetski, in recent days.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Users say ‘Gemini as the Google Assistant is a disaster’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/users-say-gemini-as-the-google-assistant-is-a-disaster",
        "published": "2026-10-09T06:08:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Google reveals Gemini Agents — 'a single universal agent for work', which will even get their own Gmail account",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/google-reveals-gemini-agents-a-single-universal-agent-for-work-which",
        "published": "2026-10-09T09:45:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}