Google's first Gemini 4 model is 'Argon'
News Google's first Gemini 4 model is 'Argon' It seems the company has moved beyond Gemini 3.5 Pro. 1, 2026 5:26 am EST Google Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, its latest most advanced model that was designed to be able to sustain deep reasoning when dealing with complex questions. The company says it can handle intricate tasks involving finance, software engineering, coding, creative writing and cybersecurity defense.
- ▪News Google's first Gemini 4 model is 'Argon' It seems the company has moved beyond Gemini 3.5 Pro.
- ▪1, 2026 5:26 am EST Google Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, its latest most advanced model that was designed to be able to sustain deep reasoning when dealing with complex question
- ▪The company says it can handle intricate tasks involving finance, software engineering, coding, creative writing and cybersecurity defense.
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- ▪ Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet — TechCrunch
- ▪ Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet — Ars Technica
- ▪ Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence — DeepMind
- ▪ Google announces Gemini 4 Argon as its new frontier model — 9to5Google
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News Google's first Gemini 4 model is 'Argon' It seems the company has moved beyond Gemini 3.5 Pro. By Mariella Moon Oct. 1, 2026 5:26 am EST Google Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, its latest most advanced model that was designed to be able to sustain deep reasoning when dealing with complex questions. The company says it can handle intricate tasks involving finance, software engineering, coding, creative writing and cybersecurity defense. A spokesperson said Google sees Argon as comparable to other companies' frontier models, like OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic's Opus, when it comes to key benchmarks.
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