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IBM Granite 4.2 keeps open enterprise models in the agent race

IBM's Granite 4.2 release is not trying to win attention with a consumer chatbot. It is aimed at enterprises that want open weights, long context, and tool-use behavior they can inspect, adapt, and run with tighter governance.

Why it matters: The test will be adoption. If Granite 4.2 performs well enough in practical enterprise workflows, it gives buyers another credible path between frontier closed models and smaller local deployments.