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IBM releases Granite 4.2 language models in 3B, 8B, and 30B sizes under Apache 2.0

Event: Aug 25, 2026 · Published: Sep 29, 2026

IBM released Granite 4.2 on August 25, 2026: dense, decoder-only language models with built-in reasoning in 3B, 8B, and 30B sizes, post-trained from IBM's own Granite 4.1 base models. The weights are published on Hugging Face under the Apache 2.0 license. The catalog has a release record for each size under the Granite family.1 2

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Granite 4.2 LLMs: How They're Built (external site: huggingface.co)
IBM Granite (Hugging Face blog) · Release notes · published Aug 25, 2026 · accessed Sep 29, 2026
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ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b model card (external site: huggingface.co)
IBM (Hugging Face) · Model card · published Aug 25, 2026 · accessed Sep 29, 2026

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USASI. (2026, September 29). IBM releases Granite 4.2 language models in 3B, 8B, and 30B sizes under Apache 2.0. United States of America Superintelligence. https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/news/ibm-releases-granite-4-2/

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  title = {IBM releases Granite 4.2 language models in 3B, 8B, and 30B sizes under Apache 2.0},
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