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Thinking Machines Lab releases Inkling 2 Small with 1M context window

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Thinking Machines Lab has released Inkling 2 Small, a 594B-parameter mixture-of-experts model featuring image input and a 1M-token context window. While priced competitively per token, its extensive output token usage for tasks leads to a higher per-task cost. The model is currently available on the Tinker platform with closed weights, though the lab intends to release them under an Apache 2.0 license in the coming weeks after additional safety testing. AI

IMPACT Sets a new standard for large context windows and image input in MoE models, potentially influencing future model architectures and pricing strategies.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Thinking Machines Lab releases Inkling 2 Small with 1M context window

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · ai maya ·

    Inkling 2 Small is cheap per token but writes a lot: what 150,000 output tokens per task does to the price

    <h2> TL;DR </h2> <p>Thinking Machines Lab announced Inkling 2 Small on November 5: a 594B-parameter mixture-of-experts model with 17B active parameters, image input, and a 1M-token context window, available on its Tinker platform with closed weights for now. The list price is $0.…

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