New Meta: Labs Trading Free Usage for Training Data
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-08-22
AI lab Inkling announced it is making its model available for free on OpenRouter (agentic harnesses only) for the next few weeks to improve real-world agentic performance. In exchange, they will collect usage data, disassociated from accounts, to refine the model. This highlights a shifting industry equilibrium where labs trade free usage for high-quality training data.
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