Pretrained in Just 68 Hours: Inkling 2 Small Scores 31 on AA Intelligence Index
simonguozirui · x · 2026-11-06
Thinky Machines released Inkling 2 Small, scoring 31 on the AA Intelligence Index, a big jump over its predecessor. A team member adds a striking detail: pretraining took only 68 hours.
- Fine-tuning and inference available on Tinker now
- Full weight release planned soon
Related event: Thinking Machines Releases Inkling 2 Small Open-Weight Model(42 posts)→
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