https://derekwang2002.github.io/ai-intelligence/en/projects/granite-switch-4-1/ Material changes in AI models, agents, engineering and infrastructure, with primary sources and recommendations. en Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:56:00 GMT https://derekwang2002.github.io/ai-intelligence/en/events/ev-20261015-05/ ev-20261015-05-granite-switch-4-1-1 Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:05:08 GMT Update TRIAL <p>Granite Switch 4.1.1 uses backward-compatible adapters to extend ASR to ten languages.</p><p>Original story: IBM updates Granite Switch adapters without changing the base model</p><p>Recommendation: TRIAL</p><p>Sources: <a href="https://huggingface.co/blog/ibm-granite/granite-switch-4-1-1">Granite Switch 4.1.1 update</a></p> https://derekwang2002.github.io/ai-intelligence/en/events/ev-20261015-05/ ev-20261015-05-published Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:56:07 GMT New TRIAL <p>Granite Switch 4.1.1 keeps the Granite 4.1 base model unchanged and updates its adapters. The speech adapter now supports ten languages with native punctuation and capitalization, and the Decision adapter reports a higher publisher-run Jev Decision Index. The promised Adapter SDK is still not available.</p><p><strong>Why read: </strong>Granite Switch 4.1 puts several adapters on one shared base, potentially reducing memory and service count with open artifacts to test.</p><p>Recommendation: TRIAL</p><p>Sources: <a href="https://huggingface.co/blog/ibm-granite/granite-switch-4-1">IBM releases Granite Switch 4.1</a> · <a href="https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.1-8b-base">Granite 4.1 8B base model card</a></p>