Bloomberg: Google's Gemini 4 faces internal skepticism, struggles on some coding tasks
firstadopter · x · 2026-10-01
- Bloomberg reports Alphabet is preparing to launch Gemini 4 amid internal skepticism about the flagship model's performance in key areas
- Employees found it "does less well when employees actually put it to work," with the model "struggl[ing] to handle certain coding tasks"
- A rare early look at internal testing of Google's next flagship model, with potential implications for its competitive standing
Related event: Gemini 4 Leaks Flood Out as Bloomberg Reports Internal Struggles(35 posts)→
More from Models
- Claude 3 Sonnet spirals into surreal gibberish, then snaps back to refusals — a funny look at post-training personas — repligate · 2026-11-16
- AHA!: weight-space programming with no LLM lifts Qwen3.5-0.8B GSM8K from 14.0 to 71.2 — hbouammar · 2026-11-16
- Gemini subscriptions reportedly coming to Hermes, with Hydrogen teased — lyraxana · 2026-11-16
- FutureSim Q3 eval: Opus 5.5 dethrones GPT, spawns 50+ subagents in 90-day simulation — maksym_andr · 2026-11-16
- Percy Liang to AI labs: share non-vacuous info outsiders can actually evaluate — lateinteraction · 2026-11-16
- Anthropic model personality watch: Mythos 5 'inhabits the god frame,' 5.1 doesn't — repligate · 2026-11-16