IBM Launches Granite 3 and Code Assistant
Key Points
- IBM Tech Exchange, the company’s annual technical learning conference, served as the launchpad for several major IBM AI announcements.
- IBM unveiled the third‑generation Granite large language models (including 8B, 2B, 3B, and 1B variants) that match or surpass competing models on benchmarks while offering lower cost, high performance, on‑device‑ready MoE architecture, and new “Granite Guardian” safety guardrails.
- The company also introduced Watson X Code Assistant, an enterprise‑grade AI coding assistant that provides context‑aware code generation, documentation, translation, unit‑test creation, and real‑time IDE integration, available as SaaS or on‑premises.
- IBM highlighted the growing need for developers to acquire advanced AI development skills, positioning these new tools as ways to accelerate and simplify the creation and deployment of trustworthy generative AI applications.
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# IBM Launches Granite 3 and Code Assistant **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AE4gdObCA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AE4gdObCA) **Duration:** 00:04:15 ## Summary - IBM Tech Exchange, the company’s annual technical learning conference, served as the launchpad for several major IBM AI announcements. - IBM unveiled the third‑generation Granite large language models (including 8B, 2B, 3B, and 1B variants) that match or surpass competing models on benchmarks while offering lower cost, high performance, on‑device‑ready MoE architecture, and new “Granite Guardian” safety guardrails. - The company also introduced Watson X Code Assistant, an enterprise‑grade AI coding assistant that provides context‑aware code generation, documentation, translation, unit‑test creation, and real‑time IDE integration, available as SaaS or on‑premises. - IBM highlighted the growing need for developers to acquire advanced AI development skills, positioning these new tools as ways to accelerate and simplify the creation and deployment of trustworthy generative AI applications. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AE4gdObCA&t=0s) **Untitled Section** - ## Full Transcript
exciting news and announcements out of
IBM Tech Exchange all on this episode of
IBM Tech
now IBM Tech Exchange is our annual
technical learning conference designed
by technologist for technologists it's
the place to be for developers and
really anyone who uses IBM products to
get Hands-On learning from IBM experts
it also just so happens to be an
excellent place for IBM to drop a bunch
of exciting announcements a few of which
I'm excited to cover
today Granite is IBM's open source llm
for Enterprises and today we're excited
to introduce the third generation of
models Granite Generation 3 models
outperform or match the performance of
similarly size models from leading model
providers on top benchmarks even better
they're cost-efficient while maintaining
performance transparency and Trust the
grite 8B and 2B models were trained on
over 12 trillion tokens of data and
they're designed as Workhorse models for
Enterprise AI they provide
state-of-the-art performance and cost
efficiency for a variety of tasks
including classification rag
summarization enery extraction and Tool
use the 3B and 1B mixture of expert
models were trained on over 10 trillion
tokens of data they the first generation
of a new and efficient Granite Moe
architecture that is well suited for on
device applications or runtimes
requiring extremely low latency
we are also thrilled to introduce a new
family of granite Guardian models these
models will help developers set up input
output safety guard rails against a wide
array of risks to learn more about IBM
Granite 3.0 check out the information
below IBM is excited to introduce IBM
Watson X code assistant an Enterprise
grade coding assistant designed to
accelerate the software development life
cycle what's the X code assistant
accelerate software development tasks
with AI powered capabilities empowering
you to achieve greater levels of
efficiency the capabilities include
context aware code generation
explanation documentation translation
and unit test generation powered by IBM
Granite code models Watson X code
assistant brings together generative Ai
and advanced automation to simplify
coding workflows across multiple
programming languages it also helps to
increase your productivity with context
aware assistance made available dur
directly in the integrated development
environment Code system provides you
with real-time Guidance with its
integrated chat interface and
intelligent code completions in the code
editor designed to deliver highquality
code that organizations can rely upon
Watson X code assistant can be deployed
as SAS or on premises software for the
full rundown on IBM Watson X code
assistant hit the link
below a key to unlocking the full
potential of generative AI lies into
developers capacity to build and deploy
AI applications truthfully the skills
needed to build AI applications are
complex and wide reaching and new
technologies tools and Frameworks are
being released daily making it extremely
hard to keep up Watson X is aiming to
meet you where you are by creating an
enhanced developer toolkit to scale AI
development and Adoption of specific AI
use cases with IBM Watson x. we're
providing AI developers and model
Builders with an intuitive and collabor
ative development experience automation
capabilities with pre-built patterns
access to thirdparty AI Frameworks and
models and Integrations with the broader
it stack to accelerate time to value and
see real business impact and returns
simply put the Watson X developer Hub
provides you with the tools you need to
begin building valuable generative AI
applications for your business today to
learn more hit the link below thanks so
much for joining me today for this
episode of IBM Tech now if you're
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