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IBM releases Granite 4.2 open reasoning models with agentic capabilities

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IBM has launched Granite 4.2, a new series of open reasoning language models. These models feature built-in chain-of-thought capabilities and an agentic reinforcement learning block designed to train models for tasks such as code editing, terminal operation, and web searches within secure environments. The 30 billion parameter model achieved a score of 57.00 on the SWE-Bench Verified benchmark. AI

IMPACT Enhances enterprise AI capabilities with built-in reasoning and agentic functions for code editing and web tasks.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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IBM releases Granite 4.2 open reasoning models with agentic capabilities

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    IBM has released Granite 4.2, a family of open reasoning language models with native chain-of-thought and an agentic RL block that trains models to edit code, d

    IBM has released Granite 4.2, a family of open reasoning language models with native chain-of-thought and an agentic RL block that trains models to edit code, drive terminals and run web searches in sandboxed environments. The 30B model scores 57.00 on SWE-Bench Verified. https:/…

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