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title: "Artificial Analysis says Inkling 2 Small matches Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) in its index and would be the top open model outside China once its weights are out (Artificial Analysis)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/artificial-analysis-says-inkling-2-small-matches-gemini-3-8-flash-high-f358137f
published: 2026-11-06T00:55:00.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Artificial Analysis says Inkling 2 Small matches Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) in its index and would be the top open model outside China once its weights are out (Artificial Analysis)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-06 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/artificial-analysis-says-inkling-2-small-matches-gemini-3-8-flash-high-f358137f

Artificial Analysis : Artificial Analysis says Inkling 2 Small matches Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) in its index and would be the top open model outside China once its weights are out — Inkling 2 Small is launching as a proprietary model, available first-party through Thinking Machines' Tinker platform and Tinker Playground …

In this story: [Thinking Machines Lab](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/thinking-machines-lab), [Open-weight models](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/open-weight-models), [Artificial Analysis](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/artificial-analysis), [Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/gemini-3-8-flash)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261105/p65#a261105p65)

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