IBM has released its Granite 4.1 family of large language models, available in 3B, 8B, and 30B parameter sizes under an Apache 2.0 license. Unsloth has further provided quantized GGUF variants of the 3B model, offering numerous files for experimentation. A test prompting the models to generate an SVG of a pelican on a bicycle revealed that all sizes produced poor results, with no clear correlation between model size and output quality. AI
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IMPACT New open-source LLM family released by IBM, with quantized versions available for broader experimentation.
RANK_REASON Release of a new LLM family from a major company, with subsequent community quantization and experimentation.
