Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon, Most Advanced AI Model
Alphabet has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, its first flagship AI model in seven months, designed to rival OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5. Argon excels in cybersecurity, scoring 68% on CWE-bench v1 and 77.9% on DeepSWE-v1.1, and matches GPT-6.1 Sol on a key security test. Independent benchmarks score it 53 points, trailing Claude Opus 5.5 but matching GPT-6 Astra. Initially available to cybersecurity partners and for U.S. government safety testing, with no set date for full enterprise release. Google uses Argon internally to optimize data center memory. Pricing is $2 per million input and $10 per million output tokens (50% launch discount), expected to double later, with release scheduled after October 1, 2026. Meanwhile, OpenAI launched Dots, an always-on personal agent, at DevDay, running on GPT-6 Astra and available on Pro plans. Google's Spark lags behind Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots. Google cancelled Gemini 3.5 Pro amid DeepMind restructuring, while AMD is acquiring World Labs and OpenAI is raising $30B.
- •Google released Gemini 4 Argon, its first flagship AI model in seven months, initially to cybersecurity partners and for U.S. government testing, with no set date for full enterprise release.
- •Argon scores 68% on CWE-bench v1 and 77.9% on DeepSWE-v1.1 in cybersecurity, matches GPT-6.1 Sol on a key test, and scores 53 on independent benchmarks (matching GPT-6 Astra, trailing Claude Opus 5.5).
- •Argon pricing is $2 per million input and $10 per million output tokens (50% launch discount), doubling later, with release after October 1, 2026.