Bright key facts / Deployed
Reasoning weights with a permissive license.
IBM released Granite 4.2 weights in 3B, 8B, and 30B sizes under Apache-2.0, with reasoning and tool-calling capabilities.
- AI’s role
- The models generate text, reason over prompts, and call tools in developer-built systems.
- Documented result
- Weights and model cards are publicly available in three sizes under Apache-2.0. Capability and benchmark claims are IBM-reported, not deployment outcomes.
- Important limitation
- Released weights do not disclose every training datum or guarantee full reproducibility.