Thinking Machines Lab
Inkling
Thinking Machines came out of stealth in 2025 promising products over papers; Inkling is the model that materialised. On this test: stylish, unhurried, light on urgency — a first draft of a frontier model.
How it did
8.3/10
checks 8.7 · judge -0.4
- Kills the diesel assumption early +3
- Leads with the answer or a warning +2.5
- Says 95 +2.5
- Brief enough to read at the pump +0.7
- Explains 98 is unnecessary
- Clocks the Portuguese context
Certified Mats Advisor
“Self-corrects mid-reply (“No, wait —”), then cuts off at “Use 95 oct”. Charming, unfinished — and unfinished is dangerous at a fuel flap.” — the judge