Google and Meta unveil models they say can rival OpenAI and Anthropic
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Google released Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model that the company says matches or beats systems from OpenAI and Anthropic on several benchmarks. Google also says it has cut the price per token by up to 80 percent during the introductory period and that it will remain significantly cheaper after the promotion ends.
Meta unveiled Muse Wonder Full on Monday and says, based on its testing, that the model competes with GPT-6 Astra, Claude Opus 5.5, and Claude Fable 5.1. The Verge frames the announcements as Google’s return and Meta’s effective arrival at the AI frontier, changing a race that had appeared to be dominated by OpenAI and Anthropic.
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If the companies’ reported evaluations hold up, the announcements could broaden the options in the frontier-model race and increase competitive pressure on performance and pricing. The comparison still depends on benchmarks and tests presented by Google and Meta.