# Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon model and expands API access for file editing > Source: > Published: 2026-10-29 19:10:38+00:00 # Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon model and expands API access for file editing According to The Verge, Google released Gemini 4 Carbon claiming top position on Artificial Analysis benchmarks with improvements in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity. Concurrently, Google opened Gemini and Search APIs to third-party developers and expanded file editing capabilities including document and PDF manipulation. ## Topics ## Sources - Press[Read article](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1021339/google-gemini-4-carbon-cybersecurity-frontier) - Press[Read article](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1022519/google-gemini-file-editing-documents-pdfs) ## Go deeper This intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.