[AINews] Gemini 4 Argon: GDM’s answer to Astra/Fable, with 1M output
Google DeepMind launches Gemini 4 Argon with industry-first 1M output tokens and SOTA benchmarks
Google DeepMind launched Gemini 4 Argon, claiming first place on 13 of 19 benchmarks against GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5, including a 77.9% score on DeepSWE. The model introduces an industry-first 1M output token limit via Long Decode Continuation, a new API feature that pauses and resumes long responses across calls. Access is initially restricted to government and trusted cybersecurity users through the Fairwind Program, with broader developer and consumer access promised soon at $4/$20 per 1M tokens (50% introductory discount active).