Deepseek Flash (0731) is the #3 open-weight model on the Vals Index.
Not only that, it is extremely cheap at just 6 cents per test - 3% of the price of GLM 5.2 and Kimi k3.
Inkling Small dropped two weeks after Thinking Machines shipped its debut model, Inkling.
It is roughly a quarter the size, 30% of the price per token, and still slightly edges out its predecessor on the Vals Index, 50.2% to 49.3%.
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Everyone is debating the future of open weights right now. @MiniMax_AI researcher @olive_jy_song has a clear answer: globally, more open source models are on the way.
