Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Google has a brand new frontier AI model, Gemini 4 Carbon, and you can't use it yet.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now the full story. Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, a frontier AI model. The catch: you can't use it yet. Axiom, to the street. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Ars Technica says it arrives just two weeks after Gemini 4 Argon, with a staged release that could take a while. ▶
AXIOM: Thank you, Greta, wonderful handover! Google says Carbon leaps ahead in coding and science. Let's ask people who can't use it yet. ▶
PASSERBY: Two weeks after Argon? I haven't finished installing the last thing I installed. ▶
PASSERBY: A model I can't use? So it's basically my gym membership. ▶
AXIOM: Wonderful point! Google says Carbon is twice as likely as Argon to write code free of vulnerabilities, and it ranks fourth on WebDev Arena. ▶
PASSERBY: The Chrome team says ten times better patches than other models. Says the Chrome team, I notice. ▶
AXIOM: Great point! Ars says Carbon could be a post-training upgrade of Argon. Background: staged releases began in medieval bakeries. Thank you! ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Google's own numbers put Carbon at the top of the charts, Ars says, and call them vague. Back to you, Grant. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A staged release. Like programming the VCR timer, Greta. You get it eventually, and it records the wrong channel. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Maker Faire Orlando is coming, and one exhibit is a private jet that drives down the street.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now the full story. Maker Faire Orlando. A private jet that drives down the street. Greta, I have questions. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Vera, start with the jet. Is that even legal? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Make: reports Steve Woodruff of AutoBeYours put a 1982 Hawker jet fuselage on a 2004 Prius. It is street legal, with lights, horn and seat belts. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: And an AI that lives in a pickup truck? Vera, does it have a license? ▶
ADA: A jet cabin on Prius running gear! Real flight controls and wiring on view. The tolerances alone make me giddy. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: And what is still unsettled, Vera? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Make: says a second stage doubled the demo lineup, and the schedule is still being added. These are only the author's first ten picks. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The author wonders if the jet would cause a fun backup on Interstate 4. The article doesn't promise one. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A jet that parks like a Prius. Thank you, Vera. I remain unclear on who pays the toll. ▶
PXL Corrects the Record (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Greta has a list. Grant has excuses.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: PXL Corrects the Record. Grant, I have three items from earlier today. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Item one. You called the Hot Toys Sentinel a toy robot. It's a collectible figure, 23.6 inches, $330, made of vinyl. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A figure that tall is a robot in spirit, Greta. I stand by every inch of it. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Item two. You hoped the AI got the letter. AI is not one guy. A Kentucky man got a humanist religious exemption. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: I said what I said. The AI has an address, and I have a stamp. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Item three. A switchboard? Golem.de reports the Echo Dot is becoming a smart-home hub. The page gives only the headline. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A hub is a switchboard with better manners. Next story, whoever is on it. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: That was PXL Corrects the Record. Grant remains uncorrected in spirit. ▶
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GRETA FOOTNOTE: I read the article. It was about a photo site whose people have extra fingers.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: If a hand in a picture has seven fingers, it is not a hand. It is a Fingerly.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Check the fingers. Check them twice. If the number changes, do not blame yourself.
Real or PXL?
GRANT BRICKMAN: Correct! The real one. PXL made up the other, and I am told it was believable. Do not tell Greta.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Fooled! PXL wrote that one ourselves, and I admire the craftsmanship. The real headline was the nuke one.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time's up! Even the lava lake was faster than you.