[AINews] AI Engineer NYC: Gemini 4 Argon, Vals AI Benchmarks

Google’s Gemini 4 Argon is now generally available (GA), offering coding, knowledge‑work, enterprise‑workflow, and cyber‑defense features via the paid Gemini API, Google AI Pro/Ultra in the Gemini app, an AI mode in Search, and Ultra in Antigravity. The company announced introductory pricing of $2/$10 per million input/output tokens (with 95 % discount on cached inputs) that will double to $4/$20 after November 30 and is providing six‑month free access to its highest usage tier for 10,000 scientists and cybersecurity defenders through an application program. An AI Engineer NYC event held October 12–13 featured keynotes from Anthropic, Vals AI CEO on benchmarking Argon, and Coatue’s Head of AI, with all sessions now transcribed and scheduled for release.

Source: Latent Space | 2026-10-14