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

Source: [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com/thinking-machines-inkling-2-small-drops-316-f-bombs-across-benchmark-runs/) · 2026-11-07 · AI
Page: https://themorning.dev/story/thinking-machines-inkling-2-small-drops-316-f-bombs-across-benchmark-runs-a8253bc05c84a501
Kind: research · Impact: medium

## In brief

- 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.

## What to do

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

## Timeline

- 2026-11-05: Thinking Machines Lab releases Inkling 2 Small
- 2026-11-07: Vals AI analysis of profanity in benchmark runs is reported

## Coverage

- [Inkling 2 Small: A Developer's Checklist Before You Bet a Pipeline on a Model With No Weights Yet](https://dev.to/shivaysinghrajput/inkling-2-small-a-developers-checklist-before-you-bet-a-pipeline-on-a-model-with-no-weights-yet-a5) — DEV Community: ai, 2026-11-08
- [Inkling 2 Small: Thinking Machines' 594B Model That Scores Like a Frontier System](https://dev.to/neuraitool/inkling-2-small-thinking-machines-594b-model-that-scores-like-a-frontier-system-28eb) — DEV Community: ai, 2026-11-08
- [Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small drops 316 F-bombs across benchmark runs](https://the-decoder.com/thinking-machines-inkling-2-small-drops-316-f-bombs-across-benchmark-runs/) — The Decoder, 2026-11-07

Tags: ai models, reasoning, benchmarks, llm evaluation, thinking machines

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