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Thinking Machines releases Inkling, a large open multimodal AI model with controllable effort
Thinking Machines Lab, led by a former OpenAI CTO, has launched Inkling, a 975 billion parameter open-weights multimodal mixture-of-experts (MoE) model.
Published 2026-07-15 18:04 UTCUpdated 2026-07-16 00:14 UTC
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Overview
Thinking Machines Lab, led by a former OpenAI CTO, has launched Inkling, a 975 billion parameter open-weights multimodal mixture-of-experts (MoE) model.
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Why now
- The release follows over a year of private infrastructure development, signaling maturity in open frontier AI efforts.
- It provides a transparent alternative to closed Chinese large language models amid growing geopolitical AI competition.
- Inkling's novel architecture and scale push forward the capabilities and openness of large multimodal AI systems.
Why it matters
- Inkling challenges the dominant closed, one-size-fits-all AI model paradigm with an open-weights alternative.
- Its multimodal, encoder-free architecture enables efficient joint processing of audio, images, and text.
- The controllable thinking effort feature offers users dynamic control over model computation, potentially improving efficiency and customization.
Continuity snapshot
- Trend status: insufficient_history.
- Continuity stage: broad_confirmed.
- Current status: open.
- 3 current source-linked posts are attached to this storyline.
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TechCrunch on Thinking Machines' Inkling launch
techcrunch.com · techcrunch.com · 2026-07-15 18:04 UTC
MarkTechPost detailed technical overview of Inkling
marktechpost.com · marktechpost.com · 2026-07-16 00:04 UTC
The Register coverage of the open frontier AI model release
theregister.com · theregister.com · 2026-07-16 00:14 UTC
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