Why “Argon” is being discussed
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I’m with you on this. I tried to get Argon access for our org and failed. gave up. moved on. Still just 3.8 in the dropdown for us.. Thinking its just in so Ai studio app or som…
by gervwyk · Oct 28, 2026
Yeah I was using Argon in Cursor on launch day and it's become my daily driver for anything requiring moderate smarts or lots of prose. Not surprising that Cursor is better at c…
by teach · Oct 28, 2026
Im using pro on a discount. I got argon a few days after the release but the usage limits are worthless. Asking it for a simple review of a blog post blows through 50% of the us…
by spockz · Oct 28, 2026
I'm on the Pro as well, haven't checked if argon became available on antigravity, will tomorrow, thanks! I noticed the usage on chat is absymal, but it could very well be that t…
by dada216 · Oct 28, 2026
3.8 flash is probably the sweet spot for most of your use cases. I’ve tried argon once or twice, and haven’t noticed it being better than flash for my dev tasks. Likewise, DeepS…
by seanmcdirmid · Oct 28, 2026
I'm on a Pro plan and Argon is in Antigravity for me now for some reason. It wasn't available at launch so I'm not sure when they backtracked.
by erikus · Oct 28, 2026
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Argon is a chemical element; it has symbol Ar and atomic number 18. It is in group 18 of the periodic table and is a noble gas. Argon is the third most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, at 0.934%. It is more than twice as abundant as water vapor, 23 times as abundant as carbon dioxide, and more than 500 times as abundant as neon. Argon is the most abundant noble gas in Earth's crust, comprising 0.00015% of the crust. Read more on Wikipedia