Thinking Machines

Everything Fervor AI has published that touches Thinking Machines — 2 pieces, newest first.

• Thinking Machines' Inkling Is Not the Best Model, On Purpose

  A lab shipped a model whose own launch post says it is not the strongest available and bet that a base you reshape beats a leader you can only prompt, which holds for…

• Briefing · July 18, 2026 · afternoon

  Labs shipped base material rather than finished products (Inkling raw weights, skill files, Codex plugins), moving value to whoever shapes it, with a security catch…