Thinking Machines Lab Unveils Inkling: Open-Weight AI Model

Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company, has released its first model called Inkling. This new model is open-weight, meaning researchers and startups can download and modify it. Inkling was trained from scratch to understand audio, video, and text. While it isn't the top performer on all benchmarks, it excels at many tasks and is capable of advanced reasoning and coding. What's interesting is that the lab even used Inkling to improve itself. Inkling is a relatively large model, with 975 billion parameters, and needs specialized chips to run. Open-weight models are popular because they are cheaper to operate than closed models and can be easily adapted for different uses. Thinking Machines believes Inkling offers performance comparable to the best open-weight models available. The company's vision is for AI technology to be decentralized and not controlled by just a few firms. This release could help Thinking Machines become a significant player in the competitive AI landscape.