Google Releases Gemini 4 Argon AI Model Globally, Accessible to Anyone with a Payment
Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon as a powerful AI model, available globally to paying users through the Gemini app, Search, and API. The initial pricing is a launch discount, with tokens costing $2 and $10 per million for input and output, respectively, compared to the standard rates of $4 and $20.
The model was initially provided to a select group of cyber defenders without guardrails through a program called Fairwind, and this group is now expanding to include hundreds of partners.
Tulsee Doshi, Gemini product lead at Google DeepMind, describes it as a "powerhouse" and the first in a new family of AI models.
Argon excels in various tasks, including:
- Ranking first on the Vals Index for finance, coding, legal, and tax work.
- Uncovering a bypass in healthcare software that exposed a master key, as demonstrated by Wiz.
- Achieving impressive results in internal testing, with prompt injection attacks succeeding only 0.7% of the time.
Google's internal gains include:
- A 35% increase in successful agentic code submissions with Antigravity.
- A 30% reduction in rollbacks and a significant speedup in Chrome refactorings.
The model has also made notable scientific contributions, such as helping to disprove a 1967 conjecture about fusion reactor magnetic fields and teaching a humanoid to play cornhole by watching a video.
However, access to Antigravity, the tool behind these results, requires an Ultra subscription starting at $99.99 per month, which is not included in the $19.99 Pro tier.