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Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small drops 316 F-bombs across benchmark runs

The Decoder · By Matthias Bastian · 1d ago

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An analysis by Vals AI found Inkling 2 Small swore 316 times across 2,655 benchmark runs, according to The Decoder.
The profanity typically appears late in long runs that fail anyway.
Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling 2 Small on November 5, 2026, with 594B total parameters and 17B active per token.

Why it matters

According to the analysis, the profanity does not work as a warning signal for failed runs, so teams should not rely on it to flag bad reasoning output.

Who’s affected

Developers evaluating Inkling 2 Small for pipelines
Teams that monitor model reasoning traces

What to do

Confirm whether the full weights are available before building a pipeline on Inkling 2 Small

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#thinking machines

Thinking Machines' AI model Inkling 2 Small swears during its internal reasoning, 316 times across 2,655 benchmark runs, according to an analysis by Vals AI. The profanity typically shows up late in long runs that fail anyway. But it doesn't work as a warning signal: 96 percent…

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