{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-frontier-model","json":"https://digestai.news/story/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-frontier-model.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-frontier-model.md","slug":"google-announces-gemini-4-argon-frontier-model","headline":"Google announces Gemini 4 Argon frontier model","summary":"Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier model rolled out first to a trusted group of cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program. The model is priced at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input tokens offered at a 95% discount. It supports up to 1M output tokens, a jump from the previous 64K limit, enabling deep, multi‑step reasoning.\n\nEarly internal testing shows Argon delivering strong results across several benchmarks: 77.9% on DeepSWE v1.1, a leading 51.3% score on AutomationBench, and 91.7% on LVBench for long‑video understanding. In quantum algorithmic optimization it beat the published baseline by 40%, and its memory‑efficiency agents have already freed over 300 TiB of memory, with an estimated 500 TiB to 1 PiB in total savings. The model also tied for first on CWE‑bench v1 with a 68% score, demonstrating advanced vulnerability discovery.\n\nGoogle is proceeding with a phased release, working with the U.S. government’s voluntary pre‑release process and strengthening safeguards against misuse, prompt injection, and misalignment. The company plans to expand access to developers, enterprises, and consumers after gathering feedback from the initial cohort of testers.","keyPoints":["Gemini 4 Argon costs $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, cached input at 95% off.","Model supports up to 1M output tokens, up from 64K, and scores 77.9% on DeepSWE v1.1.","Argon freed over 300 TiB of memory and tied for first on CWE‑bench v1 with a 68% score."],"whyItMatters":"The model pushes AI reasoning depth and performance in coding, enterprise, and security tasks, while its pricing and phased rollout set new standards for frontier model commercialization.","category":{"slug":"models","name":"Generative AI & Models","url":"https://digestai.news/category/models"},"entities":{"companies":["Google"],"models":["Gemini 4 Argon"],"people":[]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T20:01:45Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T21:30:08Z","sourceCount":4,"hasPrimarySource":true,"sources":[{"outlet":"Google DeepMind","title":"Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence","url":"https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-4-argon-our-next-era-of-frontier-intelligence","publishedAt":"2026-09-30T20:01:45Z","type":"primary","primary":true,"lead":true},{"outlet":"MarkTechPost","title":"Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini 4 Argon with 1M Output Tokens for Coding, Knowledge Work and Cyber Defense","url":"https://marktechpost.com/2026/09/30/google-deepmind-unveils-gemini-4-argon-with-1m-output-tokens-for-coding-knowledge-work-and-cyber-defense","publishedAt":"2026-09-30T21:30:08Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":false},{"outlet":"Ars Technica AI","title":"Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet","url":"https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/09/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-ai-model-but-you-cant-use-it-yet","publishedAt":"2026-09-30T20:11:08Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":false},{"outlet":"blog.google","title":"Introducing Gemini 4 Argon","url":"https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-4-argon","publishedAt":"2026-09-30T20:09:54Z","type":"primary","primary":true,"lead":false}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[{"site":"Reddit","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1wufeu8/introducing_gemini_4_argon/","points":null}],"thread":{"title":"Google Unveils Gemini 4 Argon Frontier Model","url":"https://digestai.news/thread/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-frontier-model","storyCount":2},"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Google announces Gemini 4 Argon frontier model\", 30 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-frontier-model","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Google announces Gemini 4 Argon frontier model","datePublished":"2026-09-30T20:01:45Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-frontier-model"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}