Thinking Machines launches Inkling 2 Small on Tinker with closed weights

Mira Murati's lab plans to release the 594B-parameter model's weights under Apache 2.0 next week, following external safety testing and red-teaming.

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Inkling 2 Small tests whether Mira Murati's lab can turn its $2 billion seed backing into a repeatable model cycle: train, ship through Tinker, then release Apache 2.0 weights developers can own and fine-tune.

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Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab introduced Inkling 2 Small on November 5th, its second model generation, initially through its Tinker platform with closed weights. The company said it intends to make the full weights available under an Apache 2.0 license next week, after external safety testing and red-teaming are complete.…

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