Gemini 4 Pro / Flash: benchmarks, hands-on tests and leaks

A user claims Google will release two models, Gemini 4 Carbon and Gemini 4 Flash, in the coming days, with an image attached.

The author previews imminent releases: Anthropic's Fable 5.5, OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Astra, and Google's Carbon plus a Gemini 4 Flash that could mark a real comeback.

Four Gemini 4 Argon agents with zero human intervention ran 2,783 programs over 27 hours and coordinated via 229 messages to kill the Ender Dragon.

A user notes Google is iterating Carbon quickly in public testing and that Gemini 4 Carbon now feels very close to release quality.

A post details the PHP2Shell flaws: Calif found them first with GPT-5.6 Sol, Wiz independently reproduced both three weeks later using Gemini 4 Argon and other tools, with 22.6M servers at risk and patches released.

A user asks whether the $4.99 Google Gemini AI Pro promotion is worth it and whether that tier actually gets access to Gemini 4 Argon.

A post says Gemini 4 Carbon has a new updated checkpoint that feels faster than the previous one and can be tested under Gemini 4 Argon in Arena.

A roundup notes the Gemini 4 Carbon checkpoint in Arena was just updated, alongside Anthropic IPO filing, a possible fable 5.5 launch, and Kimi K3.1 appearing as Kibitz.

A side-by-side Pringles ad generation compares Fable 5.1 with GPT-6 Astra and Gemini Argon, with the poster judging the latter two far behind on finished ad quality.

The author shares a writing workflow using Argon in extra thorough mode on Google AI Pro for sourcing, summaries and tables, while all prose is written by hand.

Google Japan highlights Gemini 4 Argon use cases where a simple prompt builds a mini-game with no coding, featuring creator-made works.

A use-case AI tool list assigns coding to Claude Code, advanced reasoning to GPT-6 Astra and Gemini 4 Argon, and image analysis to Gemini.