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hiddencost · 2026-10-28T17:53:46.000Z

They released Argon shortly after announcing it, so I think some benefit of the doubt is reasonable here. They claim they're already evaluating it via the government.

I suspect they're announcing it for two reasons: to get ahead of all the leaks; and because it's earnings report day.

user43928 · 2026-10-28T17:57:39.000Z

Doesn't Google have a particularly bad record recently at making their models publicly available?

Especially on their Plus tier for Gemini.

I think it's a fair concern that this might take weeks and trail Fable 5.5.

spankalee · 2026-10-28T17:59:32.000Z

They released Argon shortly after announcing it, so I think some benefit of the doubt is reasonable here.

hiddencost · 2026-10-28T18:06:32.000Z

I think the majority of traffic is from Enterprise customerd that goes through their API. Their consumer facing products do lag, but I don't think they care.

wasabi991011 · 2026-10-28T18:36:19.000Z

Not really[1]. I had access to Argon within an hour of the release announcement.

The Google AI Plus tier does not give better model access than free, it is strictly for usage limits. Same thing as ChatGPT Go (which currently only has access to GPT-5.6 Luna, same as the free tier too.)

[1] For consumers at least. IIRC google business/entreprise accounts have worse model access even in the business/entreprise version of Google AI Pro.

hangrybear666 · 2026-10-28T19:48:12.000Z

I've bought my girlfriend a Google ai plus sub because she's not a developer and just wants some search and image generation but the fact that she's still stuck on flash 3.6 is a joke, why would I keep paying for that at this point

deno · 2026-10-28T20:09:44.000Z

If you have Pro or Ultra you could add her to "family", up to 5 people can share one subscription. Also up to 5 people can share the potential account ban. Otherwise cool feature, I recommend.