Inception argues diffusion scales: Mercury 3 is 40x bigger yet just as fast
StefanoErmon · x · 2026-10-20
Inception Labs says Mercury 3 is over 40x the size of Mercury 1 and vastly more intelligent while remaining just as fast, arguing diffusion opens a new scaling path where intelligence grows without proportional latency increases. The shared chart plots five Mercury generations' intelligence vs parameter count, with M3 8x faster than GPT-6 Luna.
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