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Google Launches Flagship AI Model Gemini 4 Argon for Developers, Businesses

The model is available to Pro and Ultra subscribers and developers, with introductory pricing set at $2 per million input tokens, Google said.

  • On Tuesday, Google released Gemini 4 Argon, its new flagship AI model, to Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and through the Gemini API.
  • Seeking to reassert itself in the frontier AI race after skipping Gemini 3.5 Pro, Google developed Argon through internal testing with more than 100,000 employees using Antigravity.
  • Artificial Analysis data shows Argon matches OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on the Intelligence Index at 60 percent of the cost, while internal tests showed 35 percent higher AI-generated code production.
  • Developers can access Argon via the Gemini API at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens through November 30, 2026.
  • After November 30, rates rise to $4 and $20 per million tokens, while Google deploys safety monitors tracking reasoning to block unintended model workarounds.
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Google launches flagship AI model Gemini 4 Argon for developers, businesses

·London, United Kingdom
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Argon surpasses any model released so far for the amount of tokens it can handle: up to a million both in and out. It is designed to meet the needs of the deep work, a type of in-depth work for articulated problems and professional contexts of high complexity

·Milan, Italy
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With Gemini 4 Argon, Google wants to record competing products such as Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra. Now access to the new AI model is unlocked, but some paying customers are running out.

·Hamburg, Germany
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dailyguardian.ca broke the news on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
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