GOOGLE LAUNCHES: Gemini 4 Argon Model Announced But Not Yet Available to Users...

Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model that scores 77.9 percent on software engineering benchmarks—beating competitors like GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5—but the model remains locked behind limited testing with no public availability date. Google is restricting early access to its Fairwind Program partners, focusing initially on cybersecurity applications; Wiz, one early tester, already used Argon to identify a critical hospital-system vulnerability that Google claims rival models missed. The company plans eventual rollout to enterprise customers and AI Ultra subscribers after the security testing phase concludes, with API pricing set at $2 per million input tokens.