Rumor: Gemini 4 Carbon could go public as soon as next week
A timeline post traces Argon's Sep 30 launch, internal Carbon (Jetski) testing from Oct 9 and partner/LM Arena access on Oct 21–23, guessing Carbon rolls out small as soon as next week.
Gemini 4 Carbon should go public as soon as next week, latest mid-November. Google’s clearly sped up this cycle. - Argon announced Sep 30 - Internal Carbon (Jetski) testing around Oct 9 - Partner early access + a short LM Arena blind run already showed up Oct 21–23 - From Argon public to Carbon in external testing: roughly three weeks Optimistic case: late Oct–first week of Nov, a small rollout first—updated checkpoint or a new name (Ultra / paid API first, then widen). The community’s already consistently reproducing the 3D generation edge (Super Mario, voxel scenes, 3D helicopters, etc.)—core capabilities look basically locked in. Google’s clearly chasing coding + agent right now. Internally Carbon’s called “close to Opus 5.5,” and they won’t leave that window open long.
This post quotes another post: “Gemini 4 Carbon one-shots a 3D helicopter model”