Can Thinking Machines' Inkling really beat OpenAI without grammar?
thinking machines lab released inkling, a 975b open-weight model capable of multimodal reasoning, signaling a decentralized shift.
founded by ex-openai executives mira murati and john schulman, thinking machines lab introduced inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open-weight model. the model uniquely trains on audio and video alongside text, and during development it attempted to discard natural language grammar to optimize reasoning efficiency. by offering open weights, the company aims to decentralize ai control and compete directly with proprietary giants like openai and anthropic.