🔬 research2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
Thinking Machines Lab Inkling: 975B Open-Weights Multimodal MoE with Self-Improvement, Controllable Effort, and Apache 2.0 Freedom
Thinking Machines Lab releases Inkling on July 15, 2026 — a 975B-parameter open-weights multimodal MoE (41B active) with native text/image/audio, controllable thinking effort, self-improvement via Tinker, and Apache 2.0 licensing. Scores 77.6% on SWE-Bench Verified, 91.4% on VoiceBench, and 73.5% on MMMU Pro, with Inkling-Small (12B active) matching or beating the flagship on key benchmarks.
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