Google launches Gemini 4 Argon model
Google has released its Gemini 4 Argon large‑language model, claiming it can compete with the industry’s best. The model is described as delivering frontier reasoning and improved performance across complex workflows, while reducing hedging, repetition and cliches. Google says Argon already powers internal tasks such as finding and patching cybersecurity vulnerabilities, halving the computing…
Key points
- Gemini 4 Argon launched to Pro and Ultra subscribers, priced at $2/million input and $10/million output
- Google claims Argon outperforms GPT‑6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 5.5 on coding, cybersecurity, science, finance and law
- Introductory pricing is about a fifth of rival frontier models, with potential price increase in November
The launch is limited to higher‑tier Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and AI mode in Search, and to Ultra subscribers on the Antigravity platform. Pricing starts at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, about a fifth of the cost of OpenAI’s GPT‑6 Astra and Anthropic’s Fable 5 models. The introductory period ends in November, after which prices may double but remain cheaper than rival frontier models on a per‑token basis.
The rollout follows a limited release to “trusted cyber defenders” for risk testing. Gemini 4 Argon is Google’s first major frontier release since Gemini 3 in late 2025, and arrives just a day after Meta announced its Muse Wonder Full model, underscoring the rapid shifts in AI leadership.
Model pages: GPT-6 Astra → · Claude Fable 5.1 → · Claude Opus 5.5 →
Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon globally via the Gemini API and to Google AI Pro subscribers in the Gemini app and AI Mode, and in Antigravity for Ultra users
theverge.com · 13 October 2026
Loading the full article…
This text was published by theverge.com and written by Robert Hart. It is reproduced here with attribution so you can read it in full; the rights remain with the publisher. Read it at the source ↗
Coverage and discussion
4sources- Google Adds Gemini 4 Argon To AI Mode For Pro & Ultra Subscribers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthernPress · Search Engine Journal ·
- Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problemsPrimary source · Google DeepMind ·
- Gemini 4 Argon begins rolling out in Gemini app and Antigravity, but only if you payPress · Ars Technica AI ·
The headline, key points and digest above were generated by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources. Automated summaries can contain errors: the sources are the record. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Published by Martin K., who runs Digest AI and handles corrections.
More in Generative AI & Models
All →- SpaceXAI’s Grok 4.7 now available on Amazon Bedrock · 1 src
- Meta introduces Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full models · 5 src
- AWS adds Claude Haiku 5.5 to Bedrock for subagents · 1 src
- Meta adds AI tools to let users shape Facebook Feed and Reels · 1 src
- Abhinav Adduri and colleagues develop State model for generalizable perturbation prediction · 1 src
Comments
via GitHub Discussions