Google launches new frontier model Gemini 4 Argon with deeper reasoning

Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model designed to handle complex tasks across coding, finance, law, cybersecurity and science. The model is rolling out globally through the Gemini API, AI Studio and Google’s enterprise offerings. Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can access it in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search, while Ultra subscribers also receive access through Google Antigravity. API access launches at an introductory price of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Cached inputs receive a 95% discount. Google said Argon supports a unified input and output limit of one million tokens, allowing it to carry out longer tasks involving large amounts of information and multiple tools. The release expands Google’s push into AI systems capable of sustained professional work. According to the company, Argon ranks first on the Vals Index, which measures performance across economic sectors including finance, coding, legal and tax work. Google pointed to internal engineering projects as examples of the model’s capabilities. Over the past few weeks, Argon in Antigravity helped teams increase agentic code submissions by more than 35% while ...