Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model
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Thinking Machines Lab, founded by OpenAI exiles including former CTO Mira Murati, released Inkling, an open-weight AI model trained on audio, video, and text inputs. Inkling contains 975 billion parameters and performs comparably to leading Chinese open-weight models while being cheaper to run than closed alternatives. The release positions Thinking Machines as a competitor in the AI market and supports its vision for decentralized AI development outside the control of a few dominant companies.
Why it matters
Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Machines establish itself among competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI.
