I've got an Inkling
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Thinking Machines launched Inkling, its first open-weights model with a 1M-token context window supporting text, images and audio, available on the Tinker fine-tuning platform. The model is positioned for custom fine-tuning as startups increasingly shift workloads from frontier models to self-hosted versions, with alternatives like GLM-5.2 gaining adoption despite lacking vision capabilities. The release reflects a growing market trend toward open-source and customized AI models rather than reliance on leading proprietary systems.
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Also covered by
- Deep Learning Weekly — Deep Learning Weekly: Issue 464
- The Neuron — Thinking Machines released Inkling, an open-weight customizable multimodal model
- MarkTechPost — Thinking Machines Lab Releases Inkling: A 975B-Parameter Open-Weights Multimodal MoE With 41B Active Parameters And Controllable Thinking Effort
