Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has nearly caught Anthropic on a demanding new AI benchmark, with its latest Gemini model delivering almost the same performance at roughly one-third of the price. According to the SemiAnalysis benchmark, Gemini 4 Carbon ranks just behind Anthropic's model; the rest of the article is truncated.
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | Communication Services |
| Industry | Interactive Media & Services |
| Market cap | $3.5T |
| Close on 11/03/2026 | 279.91 |
| Change that session | +0.33% |
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