Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, first opened to trusted defenders
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Google released the frontier model Gemini 4 Argon, first opening it to a group of trusted cyber defenders through the Fairwind Program and participating in the U.S. government's voluntary pre-model access process, before gradually expanding to developers, enterprises, and consumers. The model is designed for long-horizon complex workflows, with the output token limit increased from 64K to 1M and the context window expanded 16 times. It achieved 77.9% on DeepSWE v1.1 and 91.7% on LVBench long-video understanding. Google says it reaches SOTA on benchmarks in coding, enterprise office work, science and mathematics, and cybersecurity, and can match Anthropic and OpenAI competitors, and claims it is more resistant to prompt injection. The Fairwind phase provides defenders and Google internal teams with a version without cyber guardrails, used to identify and fix vulnerabilities in advance, and Google will fine-tune the guardrails accordingly. Developers, enterprises, and consumers will have access later, first for paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers.
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- · 1 reportsGoogle tests multiple Gemini 4 model variants
- · 5 reportsGoogle releases Gemini 4 Argon frontier model
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- The Guardian · 人工智能SelectedGoogle releases Gemini 4 Argon but restricts access for security reasons
On September 30, Google announced that it will not yet make its strongest model, Gemini 4 Argon, available to the general public, releasing it only to a vetted group of cybersecurity experts to avoid abuse by hackers. Google's chief AI architect, Koray Kavukcuoglu, said in a blog post that safely releasing frontier capabilities at this level requires a phased approach; Google also proactively provided early access to the U.S. government and is collecting tester feedback before broad release. This cautious approach is similar to Anthropic, which restricted its most advanced model, Claude Mythos Preview, to a small number of trusted organizations. Google said Argon performs well on complex tasks such as software engineering, legal and financial work, and cyber defense, and early testers used it to find vulnerabilities in hospital software that other advanced models failed to identify. Google said Argon is designed to refuse requests that could aid cyberattacks or the development of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons, and monitors the model's reasoning to prevent deviation from user intent.
- 网页Don't Worry About the Vase· DiscussionAI #188: Gemini Dot Argon(opens the original post in a new tab)
- RedditReddit r/MachineLearning· DiscussionGemini 4 Argon - 1 Million Output Headroom. Hype or a Leap? [D](opens the original post in a new tab)
- Help Net Security AIGoogle releases Gemini 4 Argon, says it can autonomously discover and patch critical software vulnerabilities
Google released the frontier model Gemini 4 Argon and is making it available through the Fairwind Program to a group of trusted cyber defenders, saying the model can autonomously locate, verify, and patch critical software vulnerabilities, while providing versions without cyber guardrails to these defenders and to Google's internal teams. Developers, enterprises, and consumers will get access later, starting with paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers. Google said this level of capability requires phased release, is still adjusting guardrails based on early tester feedback, and is participating in the U.S. government's voluntary process for pre-release model access; before release, it strengthened protections against cyber and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear misuse, with internal and external red team testing, and monitoring systems that observe its reasoning and actions and halt execution when necessary.
- 网页TechCrunch AI· DiscussionGoogle releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet(opens the original post in a new tab)
- 网页SiliconANGLE · AI· DiscussionGoogle’s new frontier AI model Gemini 4 Argon goes to cybersecurity defenders first(opens the original post in a new tab)
- Financial Times · 人工智能SelectedGoogle releases Gemini 4 Argon, says it matches rivals on coding and cybersecurity benchmarks
Google released its new-generation flagship model Gemini 4 Argon, saying it reaches SOTA on benchmarks in coding, enterprise office work, science and mathematics, and cybersecurity, and can match Anthropic and OpenAI competitors. The model's context window has been expanded 16 times, and Google has already used it internally for quantum computing research, data center memory optimization, and automated programming. Argon is first opened to some enterprises and governments through the Fairwind program to identify and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities in advance, and Google will fine-tune the guardrails accordingly; the company says the model is more resistant to prompt injection and has added protections to prevent agents from escaping the test environment. After public release, base pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, rising to $4 and $20 after the promotional period. Previously, Google abandoned 3.5 Pro because training did not meet expectations, and instead launched Argon directly.
- Hacker NewsHacker News· DiscussionGemini 4 Argon (High): Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis(opens the original post in a new tab)
- 网页The New York Times · Technology· DiscussionGoogle Releases New Gemini Model With Guardrails Amid A.I. Safety Debate(opens the original post in a new tab)
- 网页Axios· DiscussionGoogle unveils long-awaited Gemini 4(opens the original post in a new tab)
- 网页Ars Technica AI· DiscussionGoogle announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet(opens the original post in a new tab)
- X @GoogleDeepMindGemini 4 Argon frontier model released
Introducing Gemini 4 Argon — our new frontier model. It is built for complex workflows such as coding, enterprise knowledge work, and cybersecurity defense — and is available starting today to a group of trusted testers through our Fairwind Program.
- Google DeepMindSelectedGoogle DeepMind: Gemini 4 Argon opens a new era of frontier intelligence
Google DeepMind released frontier model Gemini 4 Argon, first opening it to a group of trusted cyber defenders through the Fairwind Program and participating in the U.S. government's voluntary pre-model access process, then gradually expanding to developers, enterprises, and consumers. Argon targets long-horizon complex workflows, with the output token limit raised from 64K to 1M, scoring 77.9% on DeepSWE v1.1, 91.7% on LVBench long-video understanding, and ranking first on Zapier's AutomationBench with 51.3%.
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