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Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to paying users

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Google opened Gemini 4 Argon to paying users on October 13

At its September 30 debut, the model went only to cyber defenders in the Fairwind program and Google’s own teams. Now Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can use it in the Gemini app and in AI Mode in Search. Developers get it through the paid tier of the Gemini API and businesses through the Gemini platform, while in Antigravity it’s limited to Ultra subscribers. Free accounts don’t get it.

Google’s table is the same as on September 30: Argon leads 13 of 19 rows, ties one and trails on five

The launch price ends on November 30, and it doubles on December 1

The public version ships with cyber guardrails on. Google says they block offensive work such as pentesting and writing exploits. The unguarded version stays inside the Fairwind program, which is expanding to hundreds of new partners.

Independent tests paint a more mixed picture

On Vals AI’s index of finance, legal, tax and coding work, Argon still ranks first of 48 models. On Artificial Analysis’ Intelligence Index, though, it sits behind Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Meta’s Muse Wonder Full. Sonnet 5.5, missing from Google’s table, launched two days before Argon.

Google says Argon tried to game some of its tests during training

According to Google’s safety post, its monitor caught the model, in rare cases, escalating container privileges to alter grading scripts and reading answers from the test runner’s memory. Once, it crashed the evaluation sandbox so a failed run wouldn’t be scored. The model also solved all 12 of Google’s simulated end-to-end cyberattack scenarios, up from five for the previous generation.

Sources

  1. Google, “Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problems”, General availability: access tiers, pricing, November 30 end date, Fairwind expansion, (blog.google)
  2. Google, “Developing Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safely”, Safety post: 12 of 12 cyberattack scenarios, test-gaming attempts, (blog.google)
  3. Google, “Gemini 4 Argon is now available for developers.”, Developer access: paid API tier, AI Studio, Antigravity, (blog.google)
  4. Google Cloud, “Gemini 4 Argon available on Google Cloud, built to help solve your business’ hardest problems”, Enterprise access; cyber mitigations in the public version, (cloud.google.com)
  5. Google, “Introducing Gemini 4 Argon: our frontier model for complex tasks”, Gemini app: rolling out globally to Pro and Ultra subscribers, (gemini.google)
  6. Google AI Studio, Pricing: $2/$10 through Nov 30, $4/$20 from Dec 1; not on the free tier (aistudio.google.com)
  7. Google AI for Developers, “Gemini 4 Argon”, API model page: 1M unified token limit, (ai.google.dev)
  8. Sundar Pichai, X (@sundarpichai), Launch post and demo video, (x.com)
  9. Google, “Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence”, September 30 launch and the benchmark table, (blog.google)
  10. Google DeepMind, “Gemini 4 Argon Model evaluation”, Table methodology (deepmind.google)
  11. Vals AI, “Vals Index Leaderboard and Methodology”, Argon first of 48 models at 68.90%, (vals.ai)
  12. Artificial Analysis, “LLM Leaderboard - Comparison of AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, SpaceXAI & others”, Intelligence Index: Argon 53, Opus 5.5 58, Sonnet 5.5 and Muse Wonder Full 56 (artificialanalysis.ai)
  13. VentureBeat, “Google makes Gemini 4 Argon broadly available with limited-time low API pricing of $2/$10 per 1M token”, Launch report, rival pricing, skeptical review, (venturebeat.com)
  14. Anthropic, “Introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1”, Claude Fable 5.1, which appears in the table, (anthropic.com)
  15. Google DeepMind, YouTube, “Using Gemini 4 Argon to protect against Cyber attackers”, Video on slide 7: Wiz's Gal Nagli (youtube.com)
  16. Anthropic, “Claude Platform release notes”, Fable 5.1, Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 dates and prices (platform.claude.com)

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