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
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