Gemini 4 Argon ships, putting Google back in the frontier model race after a year-long lull
danshipper · x · 2026-11-03
Google DeepMind released Gemini 4 Argon, which Every's Vibe Check says puts Google back in the frontier conversation. Google's flagship hadn't seen a major upgrade since Gemini 3 Pro last November—only four rapid Flash updates—while the promised Gemini 3.5 Pro stayed in testing. The piece notes most enterprise users are locked into Copilot or Google Workspace/Gemini Enterprise (13M+ orgs, 90% of the Fortune 100), and Argon is a real upgrade for them, though its harness is outdated.
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