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IBM releases open-weight Granite 4.2 models with agentic capabilities

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IBM has released its Granite 4.2 family of language models, featuring sizes of 3B, 8B, and 30B parameters. These models were trained on approximately 15 trillion tokens and support a context window of up to 512,000 tokens. Notably, the larger models incorporate "agentic RL" training to enable autonomous tool use and code execution. All models in the Granite 4.2 family are available under the permissive Apache 2.0 license. AI

IMPACT IBM's release of open-weight models with agentic capabilities could foster broader adoption and development in AI agent research.

RANK_REASON IBM released a new family of open-weight language models. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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IBM releases open-weight Granite 4.2 models with agentic capabilities

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IBM released a new family of open-weight language models. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthias Bastian ·

    IBM drops open-weight Granite 4.2 family with built-in agentic capabilities under Apache 2.0

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="1024" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ibm_logl_neural_network.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="1536" /></p> <p> IBM is releasing its Granite 4.2 language models in…

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