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Gemini 4 Argon

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helsinkiandrew · 1790799584 · focus · HN ↗
> Google Grapples With Employee Skepticism About New Gemini Model
<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-30/google-grapples-with-employee-skepticism-about-new-gemini-model" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-30/google-gr...
1. bitexploder · 1790802130 · focus · HN ↗
  Opinions my own but I have been using this model for a bit. I would say it is a good model and the skill with which people use AI varies widely.
  1. shawabawa3 · 1790804469 · focus · HN ↗
    Hardly gushing praise for an internal only bleeding edge model
    I would guess it's like opus 5ish level from this
    bitexploder · 1790806534 · focus · HN ↗
    It is definitely smarter than that. It is mostly mannerisms and how it likes to work. I would take it seriously as an Astra or Fable or Opus 5.5 level model. It just needs polish, but where and how you harness and use it matters a lot. But it has amazing long horizon attention and gets things done.
2. readams · 1790802295 · focus · HN ↗
  Skepticism is gone now.

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