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Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon for bigger AI jobs, with cyber defenders first.
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon on September 30 for longer, more complex work. Its initial rollout is to trusted cyber defenders through Fairwind. Broader access has no announced date; company benchmark results and separate Vals evaluations show different strengths.
- AI’s role
- Argon is a model for longer, more complex technical work. Google announced an output limit of one million tokens, compared with 64,000 previously. That capacity could support substantial code changes and detailed analysis; output volume alone does not establish reliable completion.
- Documented result
- Google reports 77.9% on DeepSWE v1.1, 51.3% on AutomationBench and 91.7% on LVBench. These are company-reported benchmark results. In a separate evaluation, Vals lists Argon first among 41 models on Vals Index at 68.90%, and seventh of eight on CUA-bench at 4.83%. The tasks and test conditions differ; these are not a direct comparison of Google’s evaluation harness. Google reports thousands of staff using Argon and more than 300 TiB of memory freed through optimizations rolled out internally. It says large Rust migrations are undergoing automated and manual audits before production. These are company-reported deployments, not independently audited impact. Google also says Wiz uses Argon for Scan for Good and found a vulnerability in hospital software; this record includes no exploit details.
- Important limitation
- Initial rollout is to trusted cyber defenders through Fairwind. Google says it is participating in the voluntary U.S. prerelease access process while expanding access. Broader availability is planned as soon as possible, starting with paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers; no date is announced.