IBM’s Granite 4.2 models ride the wave of interest in local LLMs
Summary
Ars Technica reports on IBM Granite 4.2 local LLMs (3B, 8B, 30B) that are downloadable and self-hosted, highlighting agentic capabilities and a focus on enterprise deployment. The article discusses reasoning-focused improvements, trade-offs in compute and latency, and the appeal of local models versus frontier cloud offerings. It also notes the growing interest in model routers and local tooling for cost-efficient AI at scale.