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May 13, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Can Trillion-Parameter Models Skip ‘Slow Thinking’? Ant’s Ling‑2.6‑1T Redefines Efficient LLMs

Ant’s newly released Ling‑2.6‑1T, a trillion‑parameter LLM, combines a hybrid MLA‑plus‑Linear Attention architecture to deliver 256K context, ultra‑low token cost and millisecond‑level latency, achieving GPT‑5.4‑level performance on multiple benchmarks while being open‑sourced for developers.