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Gemini 4 Argon moves from controlled preview to the paid Gemini API tier and sets a date for its price increase

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:05:06 GMT

Gemini 4 Argon moves from controlled preview to the paid Gemini API tier and sets a date for its price increase.

Original story: Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to paid developers

Why read: Gemini 4 Argon moves from controlled preview to a callable paid API, making long-horizon agent success, drift and real cost directly measurable.

Recommendation: TRIAL

Sources: Gemini 4 Argon is now available

Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to paid developers

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:01:43 GMT

Google has opened Gemini 4 Argon to paid-tier developers through AI Studio and the Gemini API, with access also reaching Antigravity, Android Studio, the Gemini app and Search. The model supports a unified one-million-token input-output budget. Introductory pricing remains $2 per million input tokens and $10 output, doubling after November 30, 2026.

Why read: Gemini 4 Argon shows a 1M-output ceiling but cannot yet be publicly tested.

Recommendation: TRIAL

Sources: blog.google · gemini 4 argon

Google ships Gemini 3.8 Flash and a gated Flash Cyber security model

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:21 GMT

Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, its 'most intelligent workhorse model' — the third Flash release in six weeks — at the same speed and cost class as 3.7 Flash, with gains in software engineering, agentic tasks, and multi-step specialized reasoning. HLE-Verified 54.9%; on DeepSWE v1.1 it beats most larger frontier models at a fraction of the cost. Alongside it, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is Google's most capable cybersecurity model — frontier-level vulnerability detection and automated patching — available only to trusted defenders (government authorities, critical-infrastructure operators, software maintainers) via the Fairwind Program: CWE-Bench (Collinear) pass@1 47.2% vs a leading frontier model's 47.8% at significantly lower cost; 2.6x more correct Chrome patches than much larger commercial models; Wiz reports +7.5-9.7% recall on internal pentest benchmarks at 2.3-5.2x lower cost; Google Cloud Vulnerability Research found a critical foundational vulnerability in under 2 hours. Intro pricing for 3.8 Flash: $0.75/M input and $3.75/M output until 2026-12-31, then $1.50/$7.50. Available across Antigravity, Gemini API, Stitch, Gemini Enterprise, and AI Pro/Ultra; 3.7 Flash remains supported for efficiency-first workloads (3.8 Flash uses more tokens on complex tasks, with lower effort levels available). Both models carry CBRN and cyber-offense safeguards under the Frontier Safety Framework plus improved prompt-injection robustness (Gray Swan). Gemini 3.8 Flash reached GitHub Copilot on 9/3.

Recommendation: ADOPT

Sources: blog.google · 3 8 flash and 3 8 flash cyber

Google ships Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with keyframe control and 4K output

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:35:46 GMT

Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash is a production-ready (GA) update to Google's generative video line: 4K upscaling, scene extension up to 40 seconds, first-and-last-frame keyframe control, and a 360p drafting mode for cheaper iterations before the final render. It is available through the Gemini API and, for AI Plus / Pro / Ultra subscribers, in the Gemini app and Google Flow.

Recommendation: WATCH

Sources: blog.google · build with gemini omni 1 1 flash

Google ships Gemini 3.7 Flash, its workhorse model for coding and agents

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:26:05 GMT

Google shipped Gemini 3.7 Flash three weeks after 3.6 Flash, positioning it as its most capable workhorse model for coding and agents. It went GA on day one in the Gemini API and AI Studio, and landed in GitHub Copilot the same day. Intro pricing is $0.75/M input and $3.75/M output through 2026-12-31, then reverts to $1.50/$7.50.

Recommendation: TRIAL

Sources: blog.google · introducing gemini 3 7 flash