Google announces Gemini 4 Argon frontier model rollout

Google has announced the rollout of Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier model, first to trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program.

• Launch and access: Gemini 4 Argon is being rolled out first to a set of trusted cyber defenders; Google says it is engaging in the U.S. government’s voluntary pre-release model access process and will expand access to developers, enterprises, and consumers later.
• Pricing and capabilities: The model will start at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input tokens 95% off; after the introductory period, pricing rises to $4 per 1M input tokens and $20 per 1M output tokens. Google says Argon is being used internally for coding, research, cybersecurity defense, and data-center memory optimization, and it is also being used by Wiz through its Scan for Good initiative.