LG AI Research releases EXAONE 4.0

EXAONE 4.0 released — 32B (expert) and 1.2B (on-device), under a license for research and academic use

Why it matters

A hybrid that integrates reasoning and agent capabilities (MCP, function calling)

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officiallgresearch.aihttps://www.lgresearch.ai/blog/view?seq=575

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