{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c5a81ed351369c5e7bff3bf1","clusterId":"c_a3794d781416ea0ac5bbf2c9","slug":"thinking-machines-lab-reveals-inkling-2-small-a-594-billion-parameter-open-model","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Thinking Machines Lab Reveals Inkling 2 Small, a 594-Billion-Parameter Open Model","summary":"Thinking Machines Lab, the AI research company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, announced Inkling 2 Small on November 5, 2026. The mixture-of-experts model has 594 billion total parameters and 17 billion active, and accepts text and image input. Safety evaluations are still running, and the company plans to release it as an open model in the second week of November 2026. It scored 31 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0.1, tying Gemini 3.8 Flash and up from 13 for the previous generation.","whyItMatters":"The scores matter less than the plan to publish weights: an open model at Gemini 3.8 Flash's level would be, in the article's phrase, \"the highest-performing open model from a company outside China.\"","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eOn DesignArena, which measures design performance, Inkling 2 Small scored above GPT-6.1 Sol. The published comparisons also set it against GLM-5.3 Flash, DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, Muse Spark Open and Kimi K3 on coding and autonomous research tasks, where it reaches scores equivalent to cutting-edge Chinese-made models.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other pitch is headroom. Thinking Machines Lab\u0026#39;s graphs show more performance gained per training step and per unit of training cost than DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, meaning further training buys more for the money. A model card with the full specifications is published alongside the announcement.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Thinking Machines Lab announced Inkling 2 Small on Nov 5: 594B total parameters, 17B active, text and image input. Safety evals continue; open release planned for the second week of November 2026. It scored 31 on the Artificial Analysis index, level with Gemini 3.8 Flash.","twitterPost":"Thinking Machines Lab, Mira Murati's company, announced Inkling 2 Small on Nov 5: 594B total parameters, 17B active. Open release is planned for the second week of November 2026. On Artificial Analysis' index it scored 31, tying Gemini 3.8 Flash.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Thinking Machines Lab announced Inkling 2 Small on November 5, 2026, a mixture-of-experts model with 594 billion total parameters and 17 billion active. Safety evaluations are still running, and the company plans an open release in the second week of November 2026. 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