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# “gemini 4 argon is out. i’ve had access for a couple of weeks and google are back.”

🍓🍓🍓 (@iruletheworldmo), X, 2026-10-13.
Source: https://x.com/iruletheworldmo/status/2110038100483195236

## Archived text

> gemini 4 argon is out. i've had access for a couple of weeks and google are back. kind of…
> 
> unlike muse, the model isn't simply benchmaxed, it's a genuine contender to astra and opus. it made games, svgs, 3d modelling that matched sota, but other accounts will cover this im sure. and $2/$10 per million tokens till end of november is mad.
> 
> the glaring issue is the culture at google and the harness. their grokbot rival spark is severely lacking:
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> > can't handle sign ins, so no x, reddit or youtube
> > the cloud computer is clunky
> > can't easily browse the files it's made
> > 40 partner apps but locked out of everything else
> > no idea which model it's actually using or if it's dropped to flash
> > you can't even get multiple gmails signed in ffs
> 
> they desperately need a dots competitor or something that rivals the way anthropic are implementing their version. 
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> google say the writing is better. maybe vs old gemini but it's not in the same league as astra and opus, and memory is way behind.
> 
> i'm hopeful someone comes in and cuts through the red tape, because the hard part is training a frontier model this strong, everything else is on the table for them.
> 
> anyone found a way round the sign ins?
> 
> ps. i should make it very clear that i fully expect google to catch up with dots and have a sota harness. it’s now unclear to me who wins this arms race between google, openai and anthropic.

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- 2026-10-13: [Gemini 4 Argon launch day on X](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-13-gemini-4-argon-launch-day-demos-x/)