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Research

Open-Weight Model Releases Surge as New Players and Licensing Shifts Reshape the Field

The latest wave of open-weight model releases shows a field far more crowded and dynamic than predicted, with new entrants like Thinking Machines and Tencent making strategic moves. DeepSeek, Moonshot, and Poolside push boundaries, while hardware milestones like Meituan LongCat's training on Ascend 910s mark significant progress. The article revisits the consolidation question, noting that more companies are training strong models and releasing them openly, challenging earlier predictions. With license shifts and global lab entries, the open model movement is expanding in scope and ambition.

Aug 25 minNeura News
AI Models

Thinking Machines Releases Inkling Small, a Compact Reasoning Model That Outperforms Its Bigger Sibling on Key Tests

Thinking Machines released Inkling Small, a compact open-weights reasoning model that scores nearly as high as its larger sibling on the Intelligence Index (40 vs. 41) and outperforms it on specific reasoning benchmarks like Humanity's Last Exam and GPQA Diamond. The model is highly token-efficient, supports multimodal inputs, and is available under Apache 2.0 with browser-based fine-tuning.

Jul 313 minNeura News