Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon, its most advanced AI model

Alphabet unveiled Gemini 4 Argon on Wednesday, its most advanced artificial intelligence model yet, offering major improvements in coding, cybersecurity, and complex professional work.The company said the model sets a new record in real-world software engineering, ties for first in cybersecurity, and leads another benchmark measuring performance across finance, legal, and other professional tasks.Argon is already being used internally to optimize memory at Google's data centers, freeing up hundreds of terabytes of memory without buying additional hardware, the company said. Quantum computing researchers have also utilized the model. Google said it plans to launch the new model in phases, starting with trusted cybersecurity partners while working with the U.S. government on pre-release safety evaluations. "Starting this rollout in this way gives us more confidence, but also enables us to put a model that is trained and strong in cyber defense in the hands of defenders as soon as possible," Tulsee Doshi, Google's Gemini model product lead, told CNBC.The model release comes a day after CEO Sundar Pichai signed a voluntary safety accord with President Donald Trump following a meeting w...