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October 2026

Oct 13
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle DeepMindReleasedFrontierCopy the link to this entry
Now open to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and in Search, and to developers on the paid Gemini API. Free users and AI Plus don’t get it yet.
Claim check: MixedArtificial Analysis scores it 53, eighth of 216 models, with Claude Opus 5.5 ahead. Google’s claim of clearer answers is untested.
Price $2 / $10 per million input / output tokens until November 30, then $4 / $20
Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to paying users and developers Try it yourself: who can use it, the price, an example prompt

September 2026

Sep 30
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle DeepMindPreviewFrontierCopy the link to this entry
Google’s new flagship, for now only for trusted cyber defenders in its Fairwind Program. Google says it leads on 12 of 18 tests and can write up to 1 million tokens at once. No date for a wider release.
Claim check: MixedArtificial Analysis scores it 53, level with GPT-6 Astra and five points behind Claude Opus 5.5, at $1.99 per task.
Price $2 / $10 per million input / output tokens at first, later $4 / $20
Google’s Gemini 4 Argon goes to cyber defenders first
Sep 25
Gemini 4Google DeepMindIn trainingFrontierCopy the link to this entry
Has entered post-training; DeepMind’s new chief wants an early version out “much earlier” than the end of the year. No date given.
Google’s Gemini 4 has entered post-training

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