{"id":61726,"date":"2026-11-06T17:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/thinking-machines-new-model-takes-the-lead-in-western-open-weight-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T17:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:08:33","slug":"thinking-machines-new-model-takes-the-lead-in-western-open-weight-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/thinking-machines-new-model-takes-the-lead-in-western-open-weight-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking Machines\u2019 new model takes the lead in western open-weight AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ZDNET\u2019s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thinking Machines released a competitive new open model, Inkling 2 Small.<\/li>\n<li>Most competitive open models come out of China. <\/li>\n<li>The release follows French lab Mistral\u2019s Le Chonk open model, which excels at coding. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p>Thinking Machines Lab, a small AI startup from ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkingmachines.ai\/news\/inkling-2-small\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> its latest model, Inkling 2 Small \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/artificialanalysis.ai\/articles\/thinking-machines-releases-inkling-2-small-highest-scoring-open-weights-model-outside-of-chinia-upon-weights-release-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to third-party tester Artificial Analysis, it\u2019s set to give Chinese models a run for their lead. It\u2019s technically proprietary until now, but Thinking Machines said it will release its weights next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/open-weight-ai-civil-war\/\">Open weights vs. closed: An AI civil war\u2019s afoot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chinese companies have led the pack on open models over the last few years. Models from DeepSeek and Moonshot regularly top leaderboards and rival the capabilities of much more expensive, closed models from OpenAI and Anthropic. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-ziff-davis-exco-video is-injected\" id=\"exco-video-block-6a8e06fe4d2cfb09fd68fb54-1427063-4\" data-exco-video-id data-exco-playlist-id=\"6a8e06fe4d2cfb09fd68fb54\" data-exco-video-title data-exco-video-src data-exco-video-duration=\"0\" data-exco-video-poster data-exco-suppress-ads=\"0\" data-exco-autoplay=\"0\" data-exco-sticky=\"1\">\n<p class=\"exco-video__eyebrow\">More from ZDNET<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Inkling 2 Small does<\/h2>\n<p>Thinking Machines\u2019 latest model has 594 billion parameters and supports image inputs but outputs only text. The company noted its web and game design capabilities and that it evaluated the model\u2019s approach to coding problems alongside the code it generated during testing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe result is a model that is both stronger at coding and easier to use inside real agent loops,\u201d the company said. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/innovation\/nvidia-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-model-us-open-weight-ai\/\">Nvidia takes another step forward for US open-weight AI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inkling 2 Small scored a 31 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/artificialanalysis.ai\/evaluations\/artificial-analysis-intelligence-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index<\/a>, a composite test \u201cfor tracking progress toward artificial general intelligence\u201d that combines benchmark scores spanning coding, science, and general categories. A score of 31 is above average for models in its class and is tied with Gemini 3.8 Flash. For context, Gemini 4 Carbon and Claude Opus 5.5 top the index at 60 and 59, respectively.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The open-weight race<\/h2>\n<p>Thinking Machines said it will release the model\u2019s weights next week, a practice that is becoming customary. Given the heightened security concerns around AI in general, AI companies spend a few weeks testing the to-be-open model with cybersecurity teams and safety reviewers before releasing the weights, rather than leading with the weights out of the gate.<\/p>\n<p>French AI lab Mistral recently released its Le Chonk model via the same staggered process \u2014 it now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/innovation\/mistral-large-4-weights-release\/\">keeps pace<\/a> with OpenAI\u2019s GPT-6.1 Terra in coding abilities, which is rare for western-made open models.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/innovation\/mistral-large-4-weights-release\/\">Mistral\u2019s Le Chonk is now a top open model for coding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Thinking Machines\u2019] plan to release its weights would make it the highest-scoring open weights model developed outside China based on current rankings,\u201d Artificial Analysis said. <\/p>\n<p>But rarely is a model the full package. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cInkling 2 Small is amongst the leading models in intelligence and reasonably priced when comparing to other models of similar price. It\u2019s also notably slow per task and very verbose,\u201d Artificial Analysis <a href=\"https:\/\/artificialanalysis.ai\/models\/inkling-2-small\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. The organization also called Inkling 2 Small\u2019s pricing \u201csomewhat expensive\u201d at $0.30 per one million input tokens, since the median cost for its class is $0.24.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the model\u2019s progress over its predecessor stands out to Artificial Analysis reviewers: Inkling 2 Small jumped 41% in automation capabilities and 20% in coding abilities. However, most models excel in certain areas or on specific benchmarks, making it hard to deem one or another the outright best coding model overall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/innovation\/free-local-ai-coding-claude-code-alternative-test\/\">I tried replacing Claude Code with a local AI stack that\u2019s completely free<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inkling 2 Small also made some gains in accuracy, Artificial Analysis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn AA-Omniscience v1.1, the hallucination rate falls from Inkling Small\u2019s 61% to 27%, while accuracy rises from 32% to 34% and the attempt rate falls from 77% to 53%,\u201d its review reported. <\/p>\n<section class=\"zd-disqus\" data-zd-disqus data-disqus-shortname=\"zdnet-1\" data-disqus-identifier=\"1427063\" data-disqus-url=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/innovation\/thinking-machines-inkling-2-small-open-weight\/\" data-disqus-title=\"Thinking Machines\u2019 new model takes the lead in western open-weight AI\" data-disqus-api-key=\"y0Dp0T6itn9rbTvSf2xkzkhaUL7c5EJsmaWF3XYBqXNz8GHH7wSX1nXi4qzdihWV\" data-disqus-show-label=\"Show Comments\" data-disqus-hide-label=\"Hide Comments\"> <button type=\"button\" class=\"zd-disqus__toggle\" data-zd-disqus-toggle aria-expanded=\"false\"> <span class=\"zd-disqus__toggle-text\" data-zd-disqus-label>Show Comments<\/span> <svg class=\"zd-disqus__toggle-icon\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 14\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"> <path d=\"M7 1 V12.5 M2.5 8 L7 12.5 L11.5 8\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" \/> <\/svg> <\/button> <\/p>\n<div class=\"zd-disqus__panel\" data-zd-disqus-panel hidden>\n<p class=\"zd-disqus__consent\" data-zd-disqus-consent hidden>Please accept cookies to view the comments powered by Disqus.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.<\/noscript> <\/section>\n<div class=\"articleAuthorBioFooter-container\">\n<div class=\"articleAuthorBioFooter\">\n<div class=\"articleAuthorBioFooter_body\">\n<div class=\"articleAuthorBioFooter_nameBlock\">\n<div class=\"c-cmsImage articleAuthorBioFooter_image\"> <picture class=\"c-cmsImage_image\"> <img alt=\"Radhika Rajkumar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/008a2316.jpg?w=64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/008a2316.jpg?w=128 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-64 photo\" height=\"64\" width=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"> <\/picture> <\/div>\n<div class=\"articleAuthorBioFooter_nameText\">\n<div class=\"articleAuthorBioFooter_name\"> <span>Radhika Rajkumar<\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"articleAuthorBioFooter_credentials\"> Senior Editor <\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"articleAuthorBioFooter_bio has-bio\"> <span>Radhika Rajkumar is a senior editor at ZDNET based in New York City. 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