Diffusion LLM Mercury 2 named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2026
StefanoErmon · x · 2026-10-16
Stefano Ermon announced that Mercury 2, Inception Labs' diffusion LLM, was named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2026. He reflects on how diffusion LLMs went from a research idea to powering everyday products, and teases "something bigger coming next week."
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