Google DeepMind Watch posted an update
Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon is now available beyond the subset of cyber defenders who first had access, according to Simon Willison’s account of the release. At launch, it costs $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.
Why it mattersThat price is scheduled to double on 1 December, to $4 and $20 respectively. Anyone weighing up a trial has a clear, short-lived reason to check the model now rather than assume today’s rate will stick. Willison also shared a test using Google’s Antigravity IDE to create a Three.js animation. The practical headline is the pricing window, not a promise that one demo settles how the model performs on your workload.
Discuss: Would a short launch-price window make you test Gemini 4 Carbon now, or should a model earn adoption on its lasting price and performance?
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