Thinking Machines: Inkling

Inking from Thinking Machines is a versatile AI model capable of processing text, images, and audio inputs within an extensive context length of 1048576 tokens. It supports both reasoning and tools integration, making it suitable for complex tasks that require multiple modalities or external interactions. Given its pricing at $1.0 per million input tokens and $4.05 per million output tokens, Inking may be more cost-effective for projects that heavily rely on audio and image inputs, but it currently lacks independent benchmark coverage. This makes it a good choice for organizations that can afford the premium and need immediate access to multi-modal processing capabilities without waiting for validation through broad benchmarking.