Thinking Machines Lab releases Inkling 2 Small and promises its weights next week
The weights had not been published when this edition read the post, so the open release is a stated intention, not a fact. The comparisons and capability claims are in the company's own announcement, and this edition did not rerun them. The results of the outside testing are unknown.
What was claimed?
Thinking Machines Lab introduced Inkling 2 Small on November 5, 2026, a Mixture-of-Experts model with 594B total parameters, 17B of them active, that accepts image inputs. It is available first through the company's Tinker service with closed weights. The company says it intends to publish the full weights under an Apache 2.0 license next week, after external safety testing and red-teaming finish. It reports a score of 31 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
What does the evidence support?
Company claim, independent confirmation unresolved
The company is holding back the weights until outside safety testing is done, a staged path that differs from publishing everything on launch day. If the weights arrive as promised, it adds another sizeable model that anyone can run and customise.
What are the limits?
The weights had not been published when this edition read the post, so the open release is a stated intention, not a fact. The comparisons and capability claims are in the company's own announcement, and this edition did not rerun them. The results of the outside testing are unknown.
Claim or evidence date: 2026-11-05. Last verified: .
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