Alphabet's AI Model Gemini 4 Argon Released with Competitive Pricing
Alphabet's AI model Gemini 4 Argon was released on September 30, addressing concerns about Google's competitive position in the market. The model is positioned on coding and cybersecurity and can identify, verify, and fix software vulnerabilities autonomously.
The pricing for Gemini 4 Argon is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with a 95% discount on cached input tokens. This makes it significantly cheaper than Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5, which costs $4 and $20 respectively.
Google's benchmark claims show the model leading the field in coding and cybersecurity, but these are Google's own figures and have not been independently verified. The rollout of Gemini 4 Argon will start with trusted cybersecurity researchers, followed by paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers.