🚨 Gemini 4 Argon: My Impressions
> After extensive testing, Argon has genuinely impressed me.
> It doesn’t quite surpass Opus 5.5 in my experience, but the gap is surprisingly small.
> Its ability to understand complex instructions and turn ideas into working results is seriously impressive.
> Google is finally competing with the very best models.
> The biggest downside? **Usage limits disappear after just a few prompts.**
If Google fixes the usage limits, Argon could become my daily driver.
How has your experience with Argon been so far?
🚨 Opus 5.5 has started routing to a new model again
> The switch seems to be back, and early reports suggest the hidden model could be even stronger than Opus 5.5.
> Could Anthropic be quietly trialing Fable 5.5 through this route before its official release?
> Ask it: **“Do you know Voxel Bench? Do not search.”**
If it recognizes Voxel Bench, you might be on the new route.
Test it and share what you get.
🚨 Fable 5.5 May Be Just Days Away
- Fable 5.5 reportedly showed up in Azure’s East US 2 model catalog yesterday, marked as **Generally Available**.
- A release could happen as early as this week, with next week as another possibility.
- Opus 5.5 brought substantial capability gains over Opus 5, so the jump from Fable 5.1 to 5.5 could be HUGE.
- Meanwhile, OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to release GPT-6.1 Astra in the coming weeks.
We could be heading into a massive week for AI.
🚨 Qwen 4 Update
- The entire Qwen 4 lineup — Max, Plus, Flash, and 27B will reportedly make heavy use of RSI, according to Alibaba Cloud.
- Alibaba has allegedly been running recursive self-improvement on Qwen 3.8 Max for over a month.
- Qwen 3.8’s Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index score reportedly climbed from **40 to 45 in just 30 days.**
- I think Qwen 4 could get close to GPT-6.1 Sol and Sonnet 5.5.
- RSI may also be helping Gemini 4 Argon narrow the gap with Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra.
If Alibaba applies this approach across the Qwen 4 lineup, expectations could rise significantly.