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Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling 2 Small, a MoE model with 594B total and 17B active parameters, and plans to release weights next week after safety testing
TL;DRNew open-source AI model with 594B parameters, only 17B active at once, launching next week.
Why it matters: Efficient MoE architecture could make powerful AI more accessible and cheaper to run than dense models.
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Artificial Analysis says Inkling 2 Small matches Gemini 3.8 Flash
TL;DROpen-weight Inkling 2 Small rivals Google's latest fast model in performance benchmarks.
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