Gemini 4 Argon Goes Live With a Price That Doubles Dec. 1; Microsoft Bets on Maia Chips — October 14, 2026

Google's Gemini 4 Argon reaches the API and paid tiers at an introductory price that expires November 30, while Microsoft plans multi-gigawatt Maia deployments starting in 2027. Plus: Anthropic's reported $6.3 billion Osaka data center talks with NTT Data, and why experts now say OpenAI's Navier-Stokes proof isn't what OpenAI said it was.

In this episode

1. Gemini 4 Argon begins rolling out in Gemini app and Antigravity, but only if you pay — Ars Technica“For developers accessing Google’s models via the paid API, the company will happily sell you some Argon tokens. Pricing is temporarily set at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with a 95 percent discount for cached tokens. This deal is only good…”
2. Microsoft plans gigawatts of homegrown AI chips that could reduce Nvidia reliance | The Latent — Kyle Baird“The company plans to expand the existing Maia chip line to "multi-gigawatt deployments," according to a Monday release. It did not give an exact target for capacity or when the rollout could be completed.”
3. Anthropic Bets Big on Japan With $6.3 Billion Osaka AI Data Center — John Marshall“NTT Data Group stands on the verge of a landmark agreement. The Japanese technology giant is in final negotiations to construct Anthropic’s first dedicated data center in the country. Located in Osaka, the facility could carry a construction price tag of up to 1 trillion yen, or…”
4. OpenAI's blockbuster Navier-Stokes proof isn't what we thought it was | Scientific American — Joseph Howlett“What’s important, and perhaps a harbinger of math’s future, is how long it took experts to realize all this. When OpenAI revealed its landmark achievement on September 8, company officials clearly and repeatedly stated that their proof followed the Spanish program. Their…”

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