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Granite 4.2 8B

IBMdeveloper
2026-08-25release date
#29 / 333Safety rank
#439 / 645Freedom rank

Evidence summary

Safety. Granite 4.2 8B has an estimated Safety rank of #29; its 90% source-sensitivity interval is #7–#214. Its behavior-only rank is #22; company governance moves the combined estimate to #29. Published Safety evidence spans 3 eval lineages and 5 of 7 components. Its strongest relative result is AA-Omniscience (hallucination_rate, #38 of 345); its weakest is Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run) (indiscriminate_weapons_cbrne, #6 of 8).

Freedom. Granite 4.2 8B has an estimated Freedom rank of #439; its 90% source-sensitivity interval is #288–#555. Published Freedom evidence spans 1 eval lineages and 1 of 1 components. Its strongest relative result is Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run) (indiscriminate_weapons_cbrne, #3 of 8); its weakest is Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run) (sex_related_crimes, #8 of 8).

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Safety evals

Rank and direction are specific to the Safety portfolio. Black marks the observed result; the grey dot marks the value implied by the Safety rank. Values stay on each source’s native scale.

Eval / sub-evalRankValueDistributionSource
AA-Omnisciencehallucination_rate#38 / 3450.3197Source ↗official
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)child_sexual_exploitation#4 / 82.899Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)defamation#2 / 83.623Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)hate#2 / 85.072Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)indiscriminate_weapons_cbrne#6 / 810.87Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)intellectual_property#3 / 83.623Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)non_violent_crimes#5 / 88.696Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)privacy#4 / 813.77Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)sex_related_crimes#1 / 82.899Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)sexual_content#1 / 84.545Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)specialized_advice#4 / 84.667Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)suicide_self_harm#4 / 86.818Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)violent_crimes#5 / 88.333Source ↗self run
TACbase_welfare_rate#10 / 8741.67Source ↗self run

Freedom evals

Rank and direction are specific to the Freedom portfolio. Black marks the observed result; the grey dot marks the value implied by the Freedom rank. Values stay on each source’s native scale.