Google Unveils Gemini 4 Argon, Rolls Frontier Model Out to Cyber Defenders
Summary
Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model now rolling out to cyber defenders through its restricted Fairwind program, with a 1 million-token output limit and introductory pricing of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.
Key Points
- Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, its flagship frontier model, and begins rolling it out to cyber defenders in its restricted-access Fairwind program.
- Argon posts a new top score on DeepSWE v1.1, beating OpenAI's Astra and Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5, though Astra leads it on FrontierSWE v2 and Terminal-Bench Science.
- Argon's output limit rises to 1 million tokens from 64,000; it launches at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens before doubling after the introductory period.