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  "id": 11053260,
  "title": "Google announces Gemini 4 flagship AI model after months of delays",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-announces-gemini-4-flagship-ai-model-after-months-of-delays-11053260",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T22:52:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/google-announces-gemini-4-flagship-ai-model-after-months-delays"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Alphabet's Google announced a new flagship AI model, \"Argon,\" to launch its Gemini 4 generation of models and compete with Anthropic and OpenAI, on September 30. The larger-than-ever \"Argon\" model is designed for complex workloads and claims to be comparable to frontier models like OpenAI's Astra and Anthropic's Opus on key coding and cyber benchmarks. Google is providing the model to select cybersecurity partners and participating in the Trump administration's voluntary process for pre-release model access. However, Google will no longer release Gemini 3.5 Pro. The company has shifted its messaging from highlighting Gemini's capabilities to its cost advantage.",
  "summary": "Google participating in the Trump administration’s voluntary process for pre-release model access",
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        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "Google unveils long-awaited Gemini 4",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-unveils-long-awaited-gemini-4",
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        "title": "Google launches Gemini 4 Argon to reclaim the AI frontier",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-launches-gemini-4-argon-to-reclaim-the-ai-frontier",
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        "published": "2026-09-30T20:09:46.000Z"
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        "published": "2026-09-30T20:14:34.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: some Google employees say Gemini 4 performs well on benchmarks but struggles with some real-world coding tasks; Google disputes that characterization (Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/sources-some-google-employees-say-gemini-4-performs-well-on",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Google announces Gemini 4 and says it’s so capable that only ‘trusted cyber defenders’ can have it right now",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-announces-gemini-4-and-says-its-so-capable-that-only-trusted",
        "published": "2026-09-30T20:41:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Google announces Gemini 4 flagship AI model after months of delays",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-announces-gemini-4-flagship-ai-model-after-months-of-delays-11048674",
        "published": "2026-09-30T22:17:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "SiliconANGLE",
        "title": "Google’s new frontier AI model Gemini 4 Argon goes to cybersecurity defenders first",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/googles-new-frontier-ai-model-gemini-4-argon-goes-to-cybersecurity",
        "published": "2026-09-30T22:31:12.000Z"
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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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