Open-Weights Wave: Qwen 3.6, Granite 4.1, HiDream-O1, and the Capability Floor in April-May 2026
Qwen 3.6 (27B dense, 35B-A3B MoE), IBM Granite 4.1 (3B/8B/30B), HiDream-O1 image gen, and Hugging Face ml-intern all shipped in April-May 2026 — all permissively licensed. Inside: benchmarks, hardware, deployment patterns.