Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small claims top spot among western open-weight models Thinking Machines, the startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, released Inkling 2 Small, a 594-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model the company claims is the strongest western open-weight model. The model's improved agentic performance comes with sharply higher token usage, according to the company. Thinking Machines, the startup from former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is releasing Inkling 2 Small, a mixture-of-experts model with 594 billion parameters. The company claims it's the strongest western open-weight model. Better agentic performance comes at a price, though, with token usage rising sharply. The article Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small claims top spot among western open-weight models https://the-decoder.com/thinking-machines-inkling-2-small-claims-top-spot-among-western-open-weight-models/ appeared first on The Decoder https://the-decoder.com .