Tech AI LatestThinking Machines releases Inkling 2 Small, a 594B model on Tinker with weights held back for now
Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling 2 Small on 5 November 2026, a 594B mixture-of-experts model on Tinker. Weights follow after safety testing; it scores 31 on AA.
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Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling 2 Small on 5 November 2026, a mixture-of-experts model with 594 billion total and 17 billion active parameters. It is available now for inference and fine-tuning on the lab's Tinker platform, with the weights held back until external safety testing ends. Artificial Analysis scores it 31 on its Intelligence Index, which would make it the top open-weight model from outside China once the weights ship.