What the AI world thinks about Gemini 4 Argon

Updated 2026-10-13 · 12 voices

Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon on Sep 30 and shipped it to everyone on Oct 13. Another frontier model, another week of being told everything changes. Here is what the people who would know actually said.

Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai

Lots of discussion out there about our next model(!), so I wanted to give an early look as soon as possible. Introducing Gemini 4 Argon! It shows frontier performance in complex workflows, cyber defense and software engineering. Teams are using it extensively at Google, from https://t.co/sv4VNmQ0YT

Sep 30, 2026, 4:02 PM ET · View post on X
Demis Hassabis @demishassabis

Very excited to announce Gemini 4 Argon, our new Frontier AI model, and a huge step forward across key capabilities. We’re focused on rolling it out responsibly starting with government and trusted cyber defenders through our Fairwind Program today, before wider availability soon https://t.co/dcj08qFoQF

Sep 30, 2026, 5:59 PM ET · View post on X
Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK

Introducing Gemini 4 Argon, our new frontier model, rolling out to cyber defenders starting today, and more widely as soon as possible. I am really excited by the progress we have made here. Argon is priced at $2 in and $10 out during introductory pricing! https://t.co/X9LNch6ObZ

Sep 30, 2026, 4:03 PM ET · View post on X
Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind

Introducing Gemini 4 Argon – our new frontier model. It’s built for complex workflows across coding, enterprise knowledge work, and cybersecurity defense – rolling out today to a set of trusted testers through our Fairwind Program. https://t.co/X8acOWJOSF

Sep 30, 2026, 4:03 PM ET · View post on X
Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai

Gemini 4 Argon is here. It’s available globally today for developers and enterprises in the paid tier of the Gemini API and the Gemini platform, for Ultra subscribers in Google Antigravity, and Ultra and Pro subscribers in the Gemini app and Search. Hope you all enjoy it! https://t.co/2jyAgqoylU

Oct 13, 2026, 12:04 PM ET · View post on X
Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind

Gemini 4 Argon is now globally available. Built to solve your hardest problems from start to finish, the model brings frontier capabilities across coding, enterprise workflows, and cyber defense. https://t.co/N8tOQjwk0x

Oct 13, 2026, 12:05 PM ET · View post on X
Demis Hassabis @demishassabis

Gemini 4 Argon is amazing for knowledge work and coding - and it’s super fun to build with! We asked it to create this wizard chess game and it's so cool to see Argon's physics understanding & 3D modelling capabilities, makes me nostalgic for Battlechess on the Amiga - fun times! https://t.co/nVADBiXYDe

Oct 13, 2026, 12:12 PM ET · View post on X
Ethan Mollick @emollick

I spent a decent amount of time with Gemini 4 before launch. Overall, Gemini 4 is a big jump over previous Gemini models and it is the first non-OpenAI/Anthropic model to pass the Fable/Mythos/Astra bar. It is also much more pleasant and more agentic then previous Gemini models, https://t.co/9OHn9wIzHJ [excerpt: post continues on X]

Oct 13, 2026, 12:57 PM ET · View post on X
Ethan Mollick @emollick

Using Gemini 4 makes you realize how many other models must be distilling Claude/GPT (or using a similar training pipeline). It feels quite different than other models.

Oct 13, 2026, 1:30 PM ET · View post on X
Bindu Reddy @bindureddy

Gemini 4 Pro Vibes So Far - Google’s best model - Astra-level on 3D games - expect it to be super fast - lower hallucination than Opus models Seems quite promising….

Oct 1, 2026, 10:36 AM ET · View post on X
Bindu Reddy @bindureddy

Google seems to be blowing it all up again 😭 The excitement about Gemini 4 Argon is fading… This is tragic especially if it’s a decent model They should make it generally available ASAP!

Oct 8, 2026, 8:47 AM ET · View post on X
Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK

@noctus91 Argon is as "big model smell" as it comes, so limited on our ability to serve it widely, but working on versions of Gemini 4 which will be available to billions of people : )

Oct 13, 2026, 12:09 PM ET · View post on X

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