Gemini 4 Argon said to hit SoTA, with claims of saving 300TB memory in data centers
thesaraharminta · x · 2026-10-01
A roundup of Gemini 4 Argon launch details and commentary: the model reportedly hit SoTA, was tested with the US government and cyber security teams pre-release, was used to optimize Google's global data centers (saving 300TB of memory, up to 1PB), and ported parts of Fuchsia to Rust internally. The author is skeptical of past Gemini quirks but says Google now has a competitive model.
Related event: Google Announces Gemini 4 Argon for Coding and Cyber Defense(28 posts)→
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