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Thinking Machines releases Inkling-Small with full weights at a quarter of Inkling’s size
What happened
Mira Murati says Inkling-Small is comparable to Inkling at a quarter the size, with open weights and fine-tuning on Tinker today. She looks forward to seeing what people make with it. In the quoted announcement, @thinkymachines reports 276B total parameters and 12B active, makes the full weights available, and offers text, image, and audio chat on Tinker Playground. https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/inkling-small/
Why it matters
The comparison with Inkling provides context for the smaller model’s claimed performance, while the parameter counts clarify the scale of the size reduction.
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