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Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

WIRED — AI · July 15, 2026 · International · Privacy Law

Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Machines establish itself among competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI.

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