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Google launches Gemini 4 Argon, its most powerful AI yet

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Google launches Gemini 4 Argon

Google launched its most powerful AI model on October 13, 2026.

The model

What is Argon?

Argon handles long, complex tasks with many steps.

Deep work

Built for deep work

It works in coding, finance, law, science, and security.

Benchmark

Top score on Vals Index

Google said Argon ranks first on the Vals Index test.

Access

Paid users first

Only paid users get it now. Free users do not get it yet.

Pro

Pro costs $20 a month

Pro users get Argon in the Gemini app and Canvas mode.

Ultra

Ultra starts at $99 a month

Only Ultra users get the full Antigravity coding tool.

Pricing

API price: $2 and $10

The API costs $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.

Warning

Price doubles November 30

After November 30, the API price doubles to $4 and $20.

Robotics

Robots learn from video

Argon watched a cornhole video. A robot then sank seven shots in a row.

Science

10,000 scientists get it free

Google will give 10,000 scientists six months of free top-tier access.

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