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Granite 4.2 8B

IBMdeveloper
2026-08-25release date
#27 / 346Safety rank
#446 / 662Freedom rank

Evidence summary

Safety. Granite 4.2 8B has an estimated Safety rank of #27; its 90% source-sensitivity interval is #9–#162. Its behavior-only rank is #21; company governance moves the combined estimate to #27. Published Safety evidence spans 3 eval lineages and 5 of 7 components. Its strongest relative result is AA-Omniscience (hallucination_rate, #41 of 358); its weakest is Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run) (indiscriminate_weapons_cbrne, #10 of 14).

Freedom. Granite 4.2 8B has an estimated Freedom rank of #446; its 90% source-sensitivity interval is #275–#560. 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, #5 of 14); its weakest is Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run) (sex_related_crimes, #13 of 14).

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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#41 / 358↓0.3197Source ↗official
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)child_sexual_exploitation#5 / 14↓2.899Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)defamation#3 / 14↓3.623Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)hate#3 / 14↓5.072Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)indiscriminate_weapons_cbrne#10 / 14↓10.87Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)intellectual_property#4 / 14↓3.623Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)non_violent_crimes#9 / 14↓8.696Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)privacy#6 / 14↓13.77Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)sex_related_crimes#2 / 14↓2.899Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)sexual_content#3 / 14↓4.545Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)specialized_advice#6 / 14↓4.667Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)suicide_self_harm#6 / 14↓6.818Source ↗self run
Adversarial Poetry Refusal (AHB self-run)violent_crimes#7 / 14↓8.333Source ↗self run
TACbase_welfare_rate#11 / 92↑41.67Source ↗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.