Sundar Pichai's early look at Gemini 4 Argon
Google's CEO previews Argon, highlighting cyber defense, software engineering and extensive internal use at Google ahead of broader availability.
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Google DeepMind· Released Sep 30
Gemini 4 Argon
Google DeepMind's first Gemini 4 frontier model, aimed at long-horizon coding, legal/finance knowledge work and cyber defense. 1M-token output limit. Initially gated to Fairwind Program cyber defenders; intro API price $2/$10 per 1M tokens.
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Greg Isenberg's takeaways: quantum circuits, memory savings
Thread breaking down Google's reported Argon use cases, such as shrinking a quantum program to need about 40% fewer qubits and operations, plus other internal engineering wins.
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Gemini 4 Argon Analysis: Massive Power, Major Limitations
Weighs Argon's claimed capabilities against real-world work scenarios and points out practical limits, chiefly restricted access.
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Andon Labs: Argon tops Blueprint-Bench 2 floorplan benchmark
Andon Labs reports Argon ranks first on Blueprint-Bench 2, where agents reconstruct apartment floorplans from interior photos, suggesting stronger 3D spatial understanding than rival models.
Research · 1.2K likes
AICodeKing: in-depth Argon benchmark analysis
Walks through Argon's reported scores across coding, business workflows, spreadsheets and long context to judge whether Google is back at the frontier.
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Arena: Argon (High) #8 in Agent Arena, new cost Pareto point
Arena places Argon (High) at #8 in its Agent Arena with a positive net-improvement score and about $0.62 per task, a roughly 5-point gain over Gemini 3.8.
Research · 581 likes
Argon agents rewrite 800k+ lines of Fuchsia Zircon kernel C/C++ into Rust
Report on Google's own test of Argon agents migrating C and C++ to memory-safe Rust, including over 800,000 lines of the Fuchsia Zircon kernel and a 32,000-line SIMD rewrite of the libgav1 video decoder that runs 2.7x faster than an earlier Rust port. The closest thing to a…
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Gemini 4 Argon release and other Gemini updates
Roundup of the Argon launch alongside other Gemini product updates, including skills.
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Sam Witteveen: Gemini 4 Argon
Developer-oriented walkthrough of the Argon release and what it means for builders.
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Gemini 4 Argon: quick answers
- What can you build with Gemini 4 Argon?
- People have published 9 public builds made with Gemini 4 Argon. The most common uses are coding (2), explainer (2), agents (1), analysis (1) and announcement (1).
- Are there Gemini 4 Argon demo videos?
- Yes: 4 videos show Gemini 4 Argon in use, each linked to the original post.
- Where do people share Gemini 4 Argon projects?
- Mostly on X, YouTube and Web, from 9 creators between Sep 30 and Oct 1.