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Inception says Mercury 3 beats GPT-6 Luna and Claude Haiku 5.5 at up to 8x the speed

Source: SiliconANGLEDuncan RileyOctober 20, 2026
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Diffusion language model startup Inception AI unveiled Mercury 3 as its new flagship model. According to Inception's own benchmarks, Mercury 3 exceeded OpenAI's GPT-6 Luna and Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 on eight of twelve tests while running at 4–8 times their speed. The release positions Inception as an alternative to established large language models, emphasizing efficiency and performance.

Key points

  • Inception AI released Mercury 3 language model
  • Outperformed GPT-6 Luna and Claude Haiku 5.5 on 8/12 benchmarks
  • 4–8x faster inference speed than competitors

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