
Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small drops 316 F-bombs across benchmark runs Matthias Bastian View the LinkedIn Profile of Matthias Bastian Nov 7, 2026 Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small swears in its internal chain of thought. Researchers at Vals AI read the model's thinking logs from 2,655 runs across 13 benchmarks and found "fuck" or variations in 50 runs, totaling 316 instances. 241 came from just two runs that spiraled out of control. In one, tasked wit

