Google announces Gemini 4 flagship AI model after months of delays
SAN FRANCISCO — Alphabet's Google on Wednesday announced a new top-tier artificial intelligence model to anchor its Gemini 4 generation of models in a fresh bid to catch up to rivals Anthropic and OpenAI in the AI race. The new model, "Argon", is larger in size than Google's previous line of advanced "Pro" models, a company spokesperson said. "It's our most performant model yet built for complex…
Alphabet's Google has unveiled a new flagship AI model, Argon, as part of its Gemini 4 generation. This move aims to close the gap with competitors Anthropic and OpenAI in the AI race. The new model, Argon, is larger and more powerful than Google's previous Pro models, according to a company spokesperson. Google claims Argon to be on par with frontier models like OpenAI's Astra and Anthropic's Opus in terms of performance on key coding and cyber benchmarks.
The tech giant has chosen to share the model with a select group of cybersecurity partners and is also participating in the Trump administration's voluntary process for pre-release model access. However, Google has not disclosed a timeline for Argon's public release. In terms of performance, Argon outperformed Astra and Opus in self-reported metrics on several industry benchmarks.
Nevertheless, the model fell short on certain other metrics, including two of the four coding-related benchmarks Google highlighted in the release. Google has now decided not to proceed further with Argon.
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