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Google says Gemini 4 Argon beat OpenAI and Anthropic across benchmarks. The independent index has it tied with GPT-6 Astra and five points behind Claude Opus 5.5.

Google, Gemini 4 Argon launch post. Recorded 1 October 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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