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IBM releases open-weight Granite 4.2 models with agent capabilities
The Decoder IBM drops open-weight Granite 4.2 family with built-in agentic capabilities under Apache 2.0
IBM released its Granite 4.2 language models under an open-source Apache 2.0 license, featuring advanced tool-use capabilities trained via agentic reinforcement learning.
Why it matters
Developers get free access to highly capable, open-source models that can independently use tools and execute code for complex tasks.
Latest brief · Aug 31, 2026