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A Tougher AI Leaderboard Leaves More Than Open-Weight Models Behind

Artificial Analysis says its Intelligence Index v5 widened the gap between open-weight models and the leader to 12 points from 3, and critics say a test that is 60% private can't be checked. The firm's own per-test scores show that many closed models fell alongside open-weight ones on the new tests, and that more than half of DeepSeek's deficit to the top models comes from public benchmarks anyone can rerun.

Google unveils frontier model Gemini 4 Carbon, focused on cybersecurity and long-horizon tasks, initially for select cyber defenders

Google DeepMind released Gemini 4 Carbon on Oct 28, saying it ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 at 59 and scores 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro, 54.8% on ExploitGym and 71.0% on CWE-bench (vendor figures). A subset of cyber defenders gets access this week, with developers and consumers to follow; launch pricing is $2/$10 per million input/output tokens.

Google DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model with native audio and real-time text steering, starting as a research preview for trusted testers

Google DeepMind announced its Genie 4 world model on October 27. It says Genie 4 is more photorealistic, generates sound and dialogue with the world, and lets users steer scenes live with text. It builds on Gemini. The Verge reports two-minute sessions, up from one for Genie 3. Trusted testers get it first, then Google AI Ultra subscribers and Gemini API early-access partners.

Google DeepMind paper trains models to argue about moral dilemmas; answers become more decisive and stable to option reordering