{
  "id": 11025484,
  "title": "Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-ai-model-but-you-cant-use-it-yet",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T20:11:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "slug": "ars-technica",
    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/09/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-ai-model-but-you-cant-use-it-yet/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google recently unveiled its new AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, but users won't have access to it just yet. The company showcased the model's potential in various domains, including coding, knowledge work, and cybersecurity, asserting that it delivers industry-leading performance. However, current limitations prevent users from interacting with Gemini 4.\n\nWhile most individuals will need to wait for the opportunity to test this AI, Google insiders are already utilizing the model extensively. One impressive aspect of Gemini 4 Argon is its ability to leverage fleet-wide telemetry data to help reduce memory consumption within Google's data centers by an estimated 300 TiB.\n\nMoreover, the new AI model is making waves in Google's codebase migration efforts. Gemini 4 Argon is actively aiding the transition from C/C++ to Rust across numerous Google projects, including thousands of lines in the core re2 and libgav1 libraries and over 800,000 lines in the Fuchsia OS Zircon kernel.\n\nTo substantiate its claims, Google has provided a series of benchmarks showcasing Gemini 4 Argon's capabilities. On the software engineering DeepSWE v1.1 benchmark, the AI model achieved a score of 77.9 percent, surpassing competitors such as GPT-6 Astra, Fable 5.1, and Opus 5.5. Furthermore, Gemini 4 Argon has demonstrated industry-leading performance in the economic analysis Vals Index test, underscoring its potential across long-horizon tasks.",
  "summary": "So much for Gemini 3.5 Pro.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "9to5Google",
        "title": "Google announces Gemini 4 Argon as its new frontier model",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-as-its-new-frontier-model",
        "published": "2026-09-30T20:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Google Blog",
        "title": "Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/gemini-4-argon-our-next-era-of-frontier-intelligence",
        "published": "2026-09-30T20:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The New Stack",
        "title": "Gemini 4 Argon is here: It’s great, and you can’t have it yet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/gemini-4-argon-is-here-its-great-and-you-cant-have-it-yet",
        "published": "2026-09-30T20:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Google DeepMind",
        "title": "Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/gemini-4-argon-our-next-era-of-frontier-intelligence-11020682",
        "published": "2026-09-30T20:01:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon to a small group of cybersecurity partners and says it outperforms GPT-6 Astra on certain coding and knowledge work benchmarks (Madison Mills/Axios)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-rolls-out-gemini-4-argon-to-a-small-group-of-cybersecurity",
        "published": "2026-09-30T20:10:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "Google reveals Gemini 4 Argon, but you're not allowed to use it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-reveals-gemini-4-argon-but-youre-not-allowed-to-use-it",
        "published": "2026-09-30T21:17:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Google pulls back the curtain to tease Gemini 4 Argon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-pulls-back-the-curtain-to-tease-gemini-4-argon",
        "published": "2026-09-30T21:24:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-releases-gemini-4-argon-called-its-most-powerful-model-yet",
        "published": "2026-09-30T23:43:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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