Google announces Gemini 4 Argon frontier model
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Gemini 4 Argon rolls out first to trusted cyber defenders via Google's Fairwind Program, priced at an introductory $2/M input and $10/M output tokens. It ranks #1 on Text Arena (1525 pts) and the Vals Index (68.9%), with a 15% hallucination rate on AA-Omniscience versus 51% for GPT-6 Astra.
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- Sep 30
Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligencedeepmind.google
Gemini 4 Argon is here: It’s great, and you can’t have it yetthenewstack.io
Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon, its most advanced AI modelcnbc.com
Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yetarstechnica.com
Google announces Gemini 4 and says it’s so capable that only ‘trusted cyber defenders’ can have it right nowtheverge.com
Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini 4 Argon with 1M Output Tokens for Coding, Knowledge Work and Cyber Defensemarktechpost.com
Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, retaking benchmark lead over OpenAI and Anthropic — but in limited releaseventurebeat.com
Gemini 4 Is Here, and Google’s Flagship Tops All Other AI Models on Cybersecuritydecrypt.co
Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yettechcrunch.com
- Oct 1
[AINews] Gemini 4 Argon: GDM’s answer to Astra/Fable, with 1M outputlatent.space
Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon With Guardrail-Free Access for Vetted Defenderssecurityweek.com
Google Rolls Out Gemini 4 Argon to Trusted Cyber Defenders, Plans Guardrail-Free Versionthehackernews.com
Google Rolls Out AI Model Gemini 4 Argonbloomberg.com
AI #188: Gemini Dot Argonthezvi.substack.com
- Oct 2
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