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title: 'Qiskit Code Assistant: New Open-Source LLM Models Released'
subtitle: 'Enhanced capabilities with Qiskit 2.0 compatibility and expanded model selection'
summary: Announcing the latest open-source LLM releases from the Qiskit Code Assistant team, featuring Qiskit 2.0 compatibility, enhanced text understanding, and new models including Granite 3.3, Granite 3.2, and Qwen2.5-Coder series.
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- juancb
tags:
- Quantum Computing
- Open Source
- AI
- LLMs
- Qiskit
- IBM
- Tech Innovation
- Quantum Development
- Qiskit Code Assistant
categories:
- Quantum Computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Open Source
date: "2025-07-08T00:00:00Z"
lastmod: "2025-07-08T00:00:00Z"
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🚀 We're thrilled to announce the latest open-source LLM releases from the Qiskit Code Assistant team! 🚀

These new models bring enhanced capabilities and broader compatibility to quantum computing development.

What's New:

✨ Qiskit 2.0 Compatibility - Our newer models are fully compatible with Qiskit 2.0 code, ensuring seamless development with the latest quantum computing framework

🧠 Enhanced Text Understanding - Significant improvements in general text comprehension and code generation capabilities

🔬 Expanding Our Horizons - We continue to leverage the newest stable versions of IBM Granite 3.2 and 3.3 models, while for the first time exploring beyond IBM Granite with the powerful Qwen2.5-Coder series

Available Models:
• Granite 3.3 8B Qiskit (+ GGUF)
• Granite 3.2 8B Qiskit (+ GGUF)
• Qwen2.5-Coder 14B Qiskit (+ GGUF)

All models are available on Hugging Face and ready for local deployment!

🔗 Browse All Models: https://huggingface.co/Qiskit
🔗 Get Started: https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/guides/qiskit-code-assistant-local

We'd love to hear how you're making the most of these models! Share your experiences and quantum development journey with us. 🌟

Big thanks to the team involved in this release, specially to Nicolas Dupuis, Adarsh Tiwari and Ismael Faro

#QuantumComputing #OpenSource #AI #LLMs #Qiskit #IBM #TechInnovation #QuantumDevelopment #QiskitCodeAssistant

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*Originally shared on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/juancb_qiskit-qiskit-activity-7348275407323893762-qqo8) on July 8, 2025 - 304 reactions, 16 comments as of 11/12/2025*