Correction: Thinking Machines identifies Fledge Alpha as Inkling 2 Small tests

Thinking Machines says its free OpenCode stealth model ran early Inkling 2 Small checkpoints, offering a possible explanation for shifts in token counts.

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Why it matters

Stealth-model trackers often infer architecture from token counts and output drift. This correction shows that those signals can suggest change without identifying the cause: Thinking Machines tested early checkpoints of the same model under one codename.

Six transparent panels with glowing node-and-line patterns stand on a dark base beside a lit desk lamp; a block bears “Rw.”

Correction

Fledge Alpha was not a router. It was an early checkpoint of Inkling 2 Small, the model Thinking Machines Lab launched on November 5th.…

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