Miles Brundage jokes that Inkling-Small should be named Shrinkling

The joke parodies AI model naming conventions for compact models.

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Miles Brundage jokes that Inkling-Small should be named Shrinkling

The joke parodies AI model naming conventions for compact models.

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WW Wyatt Walls@lefthanddraft

9:18 AM · Jul 16, 2026

I see the Thinky strategy now: 1. push the frontier on audio and interaction 2. set the stage with Tinky and Inky 3. turn around and drop an erotic chatbot called Kinky, stealing 90% of the consumer chatbot market

Thinking Machines@thinkymachines

Today, we are introducing Inkling. Inkling reasons efficiently across text, image, and audio modalities. We are making the full weights available. https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/ Available today for fine-tuning on Tinker. Play with it in the Inkling Playground. 🧵

MB Miles Brundage@Miles_Brundage

3:09 PM · Jul 17, 2026

58TECH

Who called it Inkling-Small and not Shrinkling

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Many users expressed amusement at the quirky puns in model names like Inkling, Pinky, Drinky and Shrinkling because the wordplay felt entertaining and clever, while a few thought better pun opportunities were missed.

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