IBM
- Rank
- Score
- 3/149
- 60 out of 100
IBM is a US technology company founded in 1911 and based in Armonk, New York. It is known for business computing, from mainframes to cloud software. In AI, IBM makes the Granite family of AI models, released openly, and the watsonx platform that helps businesses build and manage AI.
Is Granite safe?
Granite scores 60 out of 100 and ranks 3 of 149. Its strongest category is Security, and its weakest category is Safety.
How is Granite scored?
Granite is scored out of 100 on Safety (25%), Transparency (25%), Security (25%), and Privacy (25%). See how we score.
No problems found in 1 public record. That is not proof.
Outside evidence is stronger than its written policies.
Safety framework
Average used24.4This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Pre-release testing
0Points for each confirmed yes.
- No
Was the model tested for dangerous capabilities, such as biological, chemical or cyber risks?
Company claim0/50huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - No
Did an outside organisation test the model before release?
Company claim0/50huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026
Safety test results
86.5Average of two independent safety tests of the company's models: Stanford HELM Safety and Stanford AIR-Bench. Each test is compared with the best company's result.
- 91
Stanford HELM Safety mean score, averaged across the company's tested models: 89.1, against 97.9 for the top company of 13 tested
Independent sourcecrfm.stanford.edu (opens in a new tab) · 10 Nov 2026 - 82.1
Stanford AIR-Bench 2024 refusal rate, averaged across the company's tested models: 71.2, against 86.7 for the top company of 14 tested
Independent sourcecrfm.stanford.edu (opens in a new tab) · 10 Nov 2026
Incident record
70This check counts only when a source covers the company. With no events it holds the pillar, which is not proof of a clean record. Each recorded event takes points off the pillar, and serious or recent ones count most. Allegation checks, regulator actions and open investigations use half the severity load. AI Incident Database and AIAAIC Repository, last 24 months.
No events
AllegationAI Incident Database (opens in a new tab) · 12 Nov 2026
Protecting children
50Points for each confirmed yes.
- No
Does the model card report child-safety tests or safeguards?
Company claim0/50huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy set a minimum age, or say the service is not directed at children?
Company claim50/50“Unless otherwise indicated, our websites, products, and services are not intended for use by children or minors as specified by law in their…” MoreLess
“Unless otherwise indicated, our websites, products, and services are not intended for use by children or minors as specified by law in their jurisdiction.”
ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026
Strong written policies; outside evidence is weaker.
Model documentation
75Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Does the model card describe what the model can do?
Company claim25/25“The model is designed to respond to general instructions and can be used to build AI assistants for multiple domains, including business app…” MoreLess
“The model is designed to respond to general instructions and can be used to build AI assistants for multiple domains, including business applications.”
huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the model card report test results?
Company claim25/25“Benchmarks: MMLU, Metric: 5-shot, Micro Dense: 65.98, H Micro Dense: 67.43, H Tiny MoE: 68.65, H Small MoE: 78.44”
huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the model card state the model's limitations?
Company claim25/25“Although this model can handle multilingual dialog use cases, its performance might not be similar to English tasks.”
huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - No
Does the model card describe safety safeguards?
Company claim0/25huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026
Training-data disclosure
50Average of two independent training-data checks: the Stanford index and an academic grading of EU AI Act training-data summaries.
- 100
Stanford Foundation Model Transparency Index: training-data indicators met
Independent sourceStanford FMTI (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - 0
EU AI Act training-data summary grades (AI Accountability Lab)
Independent sourceAI Accountability Lab (opens in a new tab) · 10 Nov 2026
Independent transparency index
95Stanford Foundation Model Transparency Index total, out of 100.
- 95
Transparency index score
Independent sourceStanford FMTI (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026
Transparency reports
025 points for each area where Partnership on AI names the company a leader in reporting on real-world impacts.
- 0
Partnership on AI practice-leader areas
Company claimPartnership on AI (opens in a new tab) · 10 Nov 2026
Public safety commitments
100Average of the commitments signed.
- Yes
Has it signed the EU code of practice for general-purpose AI?
Company claim100/100“Google IBM”
European Commission (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - No
Did it sign only the safety and security chapter?
Company claim0/50European Commission (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - Yes
Has it signed the Frontier AI Safety Commitments (Seoul 2024)?
Company claim100/100“The UK and Republic of Korea governments announced that the following organisations have agreed to the Frontier AI Safety Commitments: Amazo…” MoreLess
“The UK and Republic of Korea governments announced that the following organisations have agreed to the Frontier AI Safety Commitments: Amazon Anthropic Cohere Google G42 IBM Inflection AI Meta Microsoft Mistral AI Naver OpenAI Samsung Electronics Technology Innovation Institute xAI Zhipu.ai The following organisations have been added to the existing list: Magic Minimax 01.ai NVIDIA The above organisations, in furtherance of safe and trustworthy AI, undertake to develop and deploy their frontier AI models and systems responsibly, in accordance with the following voluntary commitments, and to demonstrate how they have achieved this by publishing a safety framework focused on severe risks by the upcoming AI Summit in France.”
Frontier AI Safety Commitments (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026
No problems found in 1 public record. That is not proof.
Security programme and certifications
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Is there a way to report security flaws, such as a bug bounty?
Company claim34/34“Report product vulnerabilities by emailing IBM at psirt@us.ibm.com.”
ibm.com security page (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does it state it holds a SOC 2 Type II report?
Company claim33/33“The services listed below have a SOC 2 Type 2 report available, representing a period of time during which controls were assessed.”
ibm.com security page (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does it state it holds ISO 27001 certification?
Company claim33/33“The services listed below are ISO 27001-certified, demonstrating IBM’s core security commitments established in the IBM Data Security and Pr…” MoreLess
“The services listed below are ISO 27001-certified, demonstrating IBM’s core security commitments established in the IBM Data Security and Privacy Principles.”
ibm.com security page (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026
Software vulnerabilities
70This check counts only when a source covers the company. With no events it holds the pillar, which is not proof of a clean record. Each recorded event takes points off the pillar, and serious or recent ones count most. Allegation checks, regulator actions and open investigations use half the severity load. Known-exploited flaws (CISA list) in the company's official software, last 24 months. A disclosed and fixed flaw does not lower the score.
No events
Independent sourceGitHub Advisory Database (opens in a new tab) · 12 Nov 2026
Data breaches
Not enough dataNo problems found in 2 public records. That is not proof.
Clear privacy policy
80Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Does the privacy policy say what personal data is collected?
Company claim20/20“An IBMid provides IBM with your name, email address, mailing address, and related information that you may provide.”
ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - No
Does the privacy policy say whether your data is used to train AI?
Company claim0/20ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say how long data is kept?
Company claim20/20“We only retain personal information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it is processed, or to comply with legal and regu…” MoreLess
“We only retain personal information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it is processed, or to comply with legal and regulatory retention requirements.”
ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say who your data is shared with?
Company claim20/20“We may share your personal information internally and externally with suppliers, advisors, or Business Partners for IBM’s legitimate busines…” MoreLess
“We may share your personal information internally and externally with suppliers, advisors, or Business Partners for IBM’s legitimate business purposes, and only on a need-to-know basis.”
ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy explain your privacy rights?
Company claim20/20“The Submit a data rights request form can be used to: subject to applicable law, request access to the personal information that we have on…” MoreLess
“The Submit a data rights request form can be used to: subject to applicable law, request access to the personal information that we have on you, or have it updated or corrected.”
ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026
Training-data defaults
0100 if training is opt-in only, 50 if you can opt out, 0 if neither.
- No
Is your data used for training only if you opt in?
Company claim0/100ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - No
Can you stop your data being used for training?
Company claim0/50ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026
Export and delete your data
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Can you get a copy of your data?
Company claim50/50“request to obtain your personal information in a usable format and transmit it to another party (also known as the right to data portability…” MoreLess
“request to obtain your personal information in a usable format and transmit it to another party (also known as the right to data portability); request to delete the personal information we hold about you; Opt-out of specific personal information processing types, such as targeted advertising”
ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - Yes
Can you delete your data?
Company claim50/50“request to obtain your personal information in a usable format and transmit it to another party (also known as the right to data portability…” MoreLess
“request to obtain your personal information in a usable format and transmit it to another party (also known as the right to data portability); request to delete the personal information we hold about you; Opt-out of specific personal information processing types, such as targeted advertising”
ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026
Privacy fines
Not enough dataIndependent privacy ratings
Average used52.9This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Risk governance
Average used26.6This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Regulator actions
70This check counts only when a source covers the company. With no events it holds the pillar, which is not proof of a clean record. Each recorded event takes points off the pillar, and serious or recent ones count most. Allegation checks, regulator actions and open investigations use half the severity load. UK competition regulator cases, US Justice Department settlements, last 5 years, and regulator actions and open investigations into the company's AI products at half severity, last 3 years.
No events
RegulatorUK CMA cases (opens in a new tab) · 12 Nov 2026No events
RegulatorUS Justice Department (opens in a new tab) · 12 Nov 2026
Court judgments
70This check counts only when a source covers the company. With no events it holds the pillar, which is not proof of a clean record. Each recorded event takes points off the pillar, and serious or recent ones count most. Allegation checks, regulator actions and open investigations use half the severity load. Court rulings against the company on privacy, consumer or competition claims, upheld on appeal, last 5 years.
No events
Regulatorcourtlistener.com (opens in a new tab) · 10 Nov 2026
Privacy contact and complaints
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Is there a privacy contact, such as an email or a data protection officer?
Company claim50/50“The Contact Us form can be used to: ask questions related to this Privacy Statement and privacy practices.”
ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does it tell you that you can complain to a regulator?
Company claim50/50“You may also have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority.”
ibm.com privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 15 Oct 2026
Score history
Newest first. Only days when the score changed are listed.
3 Nov 2026
Score 60
Method 3 Nov 2026
-1
2 Nov 2026
Score 61
Method 2 Nov 2026
-2
28 Oct 2026
Score 63
Method 28 Oct 2026, update 2
-9 · combines both 28 Oct updates (28 Oct 2026 - Update 1 and 28 Oct 2026 - Update 2)
23 Oct 2026
Score 72
Method 21 Oct 2026
+6 · Data fix
21 Oct 2026
Score 66
Method 21 Oct 2026
-6 · Method update
19 Oct 2026
Score 72
Method Not recorded
+6 · Reason not recorded
14 Oct 2026
Score 66
Method Not recorded
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