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

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 of failed runs contained no cursing at all. The article Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small drops 316 F-bombs across benchmark runs appeared first on The Decoder .

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