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Google's Gemini 4 Argon post on blog.google hits 983 points on Hacker News
Google launches Gemini 4 Argon
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Google DeepMind releases Gemini 4 Argon
Google released Gemini 4 Argon on October 13, 2026, with launch posts on the Google, Google DeepMind, and Google Developers blogs. The model shipped the same day in the Gemini app and to developers via Vertex AI under the identifier gemini-4-argon, and Google also announced a Gemini 4 Argon variant aimed at robotics.
Google released Gemini 4 Argon on October 13, 2026, with launch posts on the Google, Google DeepMind, and Google Developers blogs. The model shipped the same day in the Gemini app and to developers via Vertex AI under the identifier gemini-4-argon, and Google also announced a Gemini 4 Argon variant aimed at robotics.
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Simon Willison adds Gemini 4 Argon support to llm-gemini 0.35, tests SVG output and benchmark pricing
Google released Gemini 4 Argon, available via the Gemini API and its $100/month subscription plan. Simon Willison shipped llm-gemini 0.35 adding support and tested it on SVG and Blender generation tasks. Launch pricing is aggressive but set to double on December 1st, and Artificial Analysis benchmark cost data shows it competing well on agentic cost.
Google released Gemini 4 Argon, available via the Gemini API and its $100/month subscription plan. Simon Willison shipped llm-gemini 0.35 adding support and tested it on SVG and Blender generation tasks. Launch pricing is aggressive but set to double on December 1st, and Artificial Analysis benchmark cost data shows it competing well on agentic cost.
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Google launches Gemini 4 Argon, live in Box as first frontier release
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon on September 30, 2026, with a model card published on the DeepMind site. Developers began testing it on launch day, with one Medium post documenting what breaks when switching existing requests to the new model. YouTube coverage is presenting it as a frontier-scale release from Google.
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon on September 30, 2026, with a model card published on the DeepMind site. Developers began testing it on launch day, with one Medium post documenting what breaks when switching existing requests to the new model. YouTube coverage is presenting it as a frontier-scale release from Google.
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Users ask if 1B LLMs are disappearing as Gemma 4, Llama, Qwen skip the size
A Reddit user asks whether 1B-parameter LLMs are going away in 2026, noting that recent releases from Google, Meta, and Alibaba have skipped the 1B size class. The user observes that Gemma 3 1B remains the best-performing small model for their laptop and phone use.
A Reddit user asks whether 1B-parameter LLMs are going away in 2026, noting that recent releases from Google, Meta, and Alibaba have skipped the 1B size class. The user observes that Gemma 3 1B remains the best-performing small model for their laptop and phone use.
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Gemini 4 Argon solved hallucinations.
A Reddit post claims Google's Gemini 4 Argon represents a major reduction in model hallucinations, calling the result under-discussed. The claim is a single user's impression without benchmark evidence in the available material.
A Reddit post claims Google's Gemini 4 Argon represents a major reduction in model hallucinations, calling the result under-discussed. The claim is a single user's impression without benchmark evidence in the available material.
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