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Epoch AI@EpochAIResearch · Oct 15, 2026 · Scatter plot

AI frontier model trends

Epoch AI's scatter plot drew 14.8K views on X: 0.2x its typical post and #90 of 102 Epoch AI charts we track by views. Read Oct 15, 2026.

Gemini 4 Argon scores 165 on the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI), on par with Fable 5.1 (165) but behind Opus 5.5 (167) and GPT-6 Astra (166).

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14,831 views, 363 likes, 33 reposts and 35 saves on X, read Oct 15, 2026. A normal post from @EpochAIResearch gets about 63.8K views.

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A scatter plot. Gemini 4 Argon is Google's closest approach to the frontier since February.

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