Gemini 4 Argon is Cheaper Than Opus... But the Catch?
Try AIQORA: https://aiqora.ai/empfehlung?ref=MATTVIDP Start free and get 10 extra credits with code MATTVIDPRO. This segment is sponsored by AIQORA, an AI video platform from Germany. I was out sick for five days and the AI world did not wait. Gemini 4 Argon is out, and it's genuinely the first Gemini that feels like a big model. In one same-prompt game build it cost 43 cents to Opus 5.5's $2.43. So what's the catch? I put Argon through a real Roblox build in Google's Antigravity until it ran out of quota. I also cover Meta's Muse Wonder and the open-weight Muse Spark Open, an OpenAI employee arrested over a hidden recording device, a public OpenAI model helping break Chrome for a $250K bounty, and why I just upgraded my Claude plan anyway. ▼ Links from today's video: Google: Introducing Gemini 4 Argon https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-argon/ VentureBeat: Argon broad availability and intro API pricing https://venturebeat.com/technology/google-makes-gemini-4-argon-broadly-available-with-limited-time-low-api-pricing-of-2-10-per-1m-token Meta: Muse Wonder model card https://research.meta.ai/static/muse-wonder-model-card Meta: Muse Spark Open docs https://dev.meta.ai/docs/muse-spark-open Roblox Studio MCP server (used for the Antigravity build) https://create.roblox.com/docs/studio/mcp CNBC: OpenAI employee arrested over hidden recording device https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/13/openai-employee-arrested-recording-device.html TechCrunch: FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting a recording device https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/13/fbi-arrests-openai-employee-accused-of-planting-hidden-recording-device-in-conference-room/ The Hacker News: Researchers used a public OpenAI model to build a Chrome exploit https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/researchers-used-public-openai-model-to.html Anthropic Engineering: Redesigning source control at Anthropic https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/redesigning-source-control Axios: OpenAI DevDay 2026 https://www.axios.com/2026/09/29/openai-dev-day-2026-dots-space-sol MattVidPro Discord: https://discord.com/invite/mattvidpro Thanks to Asmir (Argon vs Opus 5.5 pigeon build), Universal Modder (Argon vs Muse Wonder game comparison), Kicking Keys, ZCW and Dave Shapiro, whose posts I showed in the video. The cold open was made with Seedance 2.5. Clarifications: 43¢ vs $2.43 is the API cost of one same-prompt build from Asmir's test, not a general price ratio. Argon's $2/$10 per 1M token pricing is a limited-time intro rate. The recording-device case is an allegation and the person has not been convicted. 0:00 I got rebuilt (Seedance cold open) 0:18 Sick for 5 days. Here's what I missed 0:39 Gemini 4 Argon finally feels like a big model 1:23 Argon vs Meta's Muse Wonder 2:23 Muse Wonder pricing: the harsh reality 3:01 Muse Spark Open: huge open weights 3:43 Same prompt: Argon 43¢ vs Opus 5.5 $2.43 5:06 Benchmarks feel useless 5:35 My Roblox build in Antigravity 6:53 Out of quota 7:36 The benchmarks don't add up 9:27 Hidden recording device at OpenAI 10:59 A public OpenAI model helped break Chrome 11:55 An AI anime recipe 12:51 AIQORA (sponsor) 14:30 Why Opus 5.5 feels human 15:57 Anthropic now merges 30,000 changes a day 16:27 Outro
