Krux
February 17, 2026
Ant Group Drops Trillion-Parameter AI Models for Free
Published: February 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Updated: February 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
100-word summary
Ant Group just released Ling-2.5-1T and Ring-2.5-1T, trillion-parameter AI models now openly available on Hugging Face and ModelScope. Ling-2.5-1T handles up to 1 million tokens and matches frontier thinking models while using just 5,890 tokens versus their typical 15,000-23,000. Ring-2.5-1T, the world's first hybrid linear-architecture thinking model, crushed advanced math competitions, scoring 35/42 on IMO 2025. They also dropped Ming-Flash-Omni-2.0, unifying speech, audio, and music. Open-sourcing trillion-parameter models could democratize cutting-edge AI capabilities and intensify pressure on closed competitors.
What happened
Ant Group just released Ling-2.5-1T and Ring-2.5-1T, trillion-parameter AI models now openly available on Hugging Face and ModelScope. Ling-2.5-1T handles up to 1 million tokens and matches frontier thinking models while using just 5,890 tokens versus their typical 15,000-23,000. Ring-2.5-1T, the world's first hybrid linear-architecture thinking model, crushed advanced math competitions, scoring 35/42 on IMO 2025. They also dropped Ming-Flash-Omni-2.0, unifying speech, audio, and music.
Why it matters
Open-sourcing trillion-parameter models could democratize cutting-edge AI capabilities and intensify pressure on closed competitors.