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Back[ITmedia News] Google、高速で低価格の「Gemini 4 Hydrogen」発表 無料ユーザーも利用可能
[ITmedia News] Google、高速で低価格の「Gemini 4 Hydrogen」発表 無料ユーザーも利用可能
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[ITmedia News] Google、高速で低価格の「Gemini 4 Hydrogen」発表 無料ユーザーも利用可能

Gemini 4シリーズ3つ目のモデル、日常的なコーディングとAIエージェント作業に最適化

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Googleは11月12日、AIモデル「Gemini 4 Hydrogen」を発表し、世界で順次提供を開始した。日常的なコーディングやAIエージェント作業に最適化し、Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexで51ポイント、前世代「Gemini 3.8 Flash」比で約2.5倍の速さを実現。コンテキストウィンドウは100万トークン、API価格は100万トークン当たり入力1.5ドル、出力7.5ドル。Google AI Studio、Gemini API、Android Studio、Firebase AI Logic、Gemini for business、Geminiアプリ、Google検索などで利用可能。モデルカードでは生物分野とサイバーセキュリティ分野で注意が必要な水準に達したが、重大能力レベルには達していないとしている。

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GoogleはGemini 4シリーズとして、長く深い推論を担う「Gemini 4 Argon」「Gemini 4 Carbon」に続く3つ目のモデル「Gemini 4 Hydrogen」を発表した。シリーズ名は元素名(アルゴン、炭素、水素)に由来する。

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米Googleは11月12日(現地時間)、AIモデル「Gemini 4 Hydrogen」を発表し、同日から世界で順次提供を始めた。日常的なコーディングやAIエージェントによる作業に向けて、速度と効率を重視したモデル。長く深い推論を担う「Gemini 4 Argon」「Gemini 4 Carbon」に続く、Gemini 4シリーズで3つ目のモデルになる(それぞれ元素名のアルゴン、炭素、水素に由来)。同社はHydrogenを、エージェントを使った作業で日常的に使う主力モデルと位置付けている。

第三者機関のAI性能指標「Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index」では、標準の思考レベルで51ポイントとなり、Argon(50ポイント)を上回った。前世代の軽量モデル「Gemini 3.8 Flash」と比べると、タスクを約2.5倍の速さで終えるという。思考レベルはlow、medium、high、xhighの4段階から選べ、xhighは今回新たに加わった。初期設定はhigh。スンダー・ピチャイCEOは、タスクに必要な推論の深さに応じて待ち時間とコストが発生する仕組みだと説明している。

Googleが公開した比較では、同クラスの他社モデルとして米Anthropicの「Claude Sonnet 5.5」と米OpenAIの「GPT-6.1 Terra」を挙げた。比べた10項目のうち、Hydrogenは推論能力を測る「HLE-Diamond」(58.8%)やマルチモーダル理解の「MKA」(53.4%)など7項目でトップだった。一方、ターミナル操作を伴うコーディング評価「Terminal-Bench 4.1」やコンピュータ操作の「OSWorld-2.1」など3項目では、Claude Sonnet 5.5が上回った。

コンテキストウィンドウは100万トークン。API価格は100万トークン当たり入力1.5ドル、出力7.5ドルで、コンテキスト長によらず料金は一律だ。ArgonとCarbonは導入期間中が入力2ドル、出力10ドル、12月1日以降は入力4ドル、出力20ドルになる。

上位モデルが当初は利用先を限っていたのに対し、Hydrogenは最初から幅広く提供する。開発者はGoogle AI StudioとGemini APIの全ティアのほか、「Android Studio」(有料枠)や「Firebase AI Logic」から利用できる。企業向けには「Gemini for business」で提供する。一般ユーザーはGeminiアプリら利用でき、無料版ではプロンプトの内容に応じてモデルを自動選択する機能から利用できる。Google検索ではすべてのユーザーが対象になる。「Google AI Pro」と「Google AI Ultra」の加入者は、「Google スプレッドシート」のGeminiや開発ツール「Google Antigravity」でも利用できる。Antigravityの「Orchestrator」機能では、1つのセッションの中でCarbonとHydrogenを切り替えて使える。

あわせて公開したモデルカードによると、HydrogenはCarbonを基に調整したモデルで、テキスト、画像、音声、動画を入力でき、出力はテキストのみ。学習データは2026年3月までのものという。Gemini 3.8 Flashと比べた社内の安全性評価では、テキストや多言語の安全な応答の割合はほぼ同じ水準だった。一方、過剰に回答を拒否する割合は5.57ポイント増加しており、特に画像などを含むプロンプトで目立ったという。重大なリスクを評価する「Frontier Safety Framework」では、生物分野とサイバーセキュリティ分野で、注意が必要な水準(警戒閾値)に達したが、深刻な危険があると判断する「重大能力レベル」には達していないとしている。

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • GoogleはGemini 4 Hydrogenの提供範囲をさらに拡大し、追加の安全性アップデートをリリースする

    Likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • Hydrogenの一般ユーザー向け無料版での利用制限の詳細は何か
  • Frontier Safety Frameworkで注意が必要な水準に達した生物分野とサイバーセキュリティ分野の具体的リスク内容は何か
  • Hydrogenの提供開始日から各国での順次提供スケジュールの詳細は何か

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