Ling announces Ling-3.1-flash-1019, with API access and open weights to follow

The Ling team announced Ling-3.1-flash-1019 on X, an update to its Ling-3.1-flash model. The figures below are the team's own claims, based on Artificial Analysis benchmarks.

• Intelligence Index: 44 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, up from 41 for Ling-3.1-flash.
• Agentic work: AA-Briefcase rises from about 1400 to 1524 Elo, and AutomationBench-AA from 62% to 68%.

The team says API access and open weights are "coming soon"; neither is available yet.