Gemini 4 Carbon is now available (opens blog.google)
Google's announcement of Gemini 4 Carbon, released the day after Anthropic's Fable 5.2.
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Google's announcement of Gemini 4 Carbon, released the day after Anthropic's Fable 5.2.
Path automates industrial welding; Georgian led, joined by a consortium including Yamaha Motor's venture arm.
Mercor supplies human experts to train and evaluate AI models, drawing on a network of more than 5 million domain experts.
The range of $70 to $78 per share implies up to $1.404T fully diluted; SiliconANGLE puts the fundraising goal at $64B.
Sources: Anthropic's bankers are weighing plans to raise its IPO price following heavy demand, which could increase the valuation target to $1.5T or more — Claude maker's listing price expected to rise after strong demand from investors — Anthropic's bankers are weighing plans to increase …
Strands (AWS) says Amazon replaced Sonnet 4.6 with its Strands Decider in an agent workflow and saved millions; 689 points and 242 comments on HN.