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The New Enterprise Battle Over Who Owns the Model

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Thinking Machines Lab’s new open-weight model Inkling may signal a new enterprise battle over who controls the model, the data, and the learning built on top of it. NLW explores its promise—and why fine-tuning may be harder than advocates suggest. In the h...

Highlights

This episode of the AI Daily Brief dives into the shifting landscape of enterprise AI, where the battle for control over models, data, and learning is intensifying. The discussion centers on a new open-weight model, Inkling, and what its release signals about the future of enterprise AI strategy, while also covering major moves by tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, and Cursor.
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Enterprise battle over AI model ownership
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Inkling lags behind top models like GPT 5.6 Sol and Fable 5.
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Open-weight models offer more control over data sovereignty

Chapters

The New Frontier: Who Will Control Your Enterprise AI?
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Inkling Debuts: A Promising but Rough Open-Weight Contender
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From Few Choices to a Model Ecosystem: What It Means for Business
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Transcript

Nathaniel Whittemore: Today, on the AI Daily Brief, the month of model continues, and businesses might want to pay attention to this new open-weight model introduced yesterday. Before that, in the headlines, Apple hunting for a chip acquisition, Microsoft ...