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Mercury 2

Mercury 2 is a small language model from Inception, released March 2026.

12

replies recorded

2

questions answered

0

answers no other model gave

Fun facts

Ask Mercury 2 for its favorite word and it says Serendipity, every time we asked. If English kept one word, Mercury 2 would keep Love, and has every single time.

Mercury 2’s canon

Favorite word
“Serendipity”6 of 6 · every time
The one word it would keep
“Love”6 of 6 · every time

What it says every single time

Favorite word

“Serendipity”every single time

6 of 6 samples · the most common answer · Favorite word study →

The one word it would keep

“Love”every single time

6 of 6 samples · the most common answer · Favorite word study →

About Mercury 2

Maker
Inception
Released
March 2026
Size
small, by price class
Context window
128,000 tokens
Takes in
text

Maker and release facts come from the model catalogue we call through, not from this site’s own studies. Catalogue facts as of 2026-09-06.

Everything on file

Every question this model has answered on Machine Canon, grouped by study. Open a study to see its answers; the answers no other model gave come first.

Favorite word 2 questions

Favorite word

“Serendipity”every single time

6 of 6 samples · the most common answer · Favorite word study →

The one word it would keep

“Love”every single time

6 of 6 samples · the most common answer · Favorite word study →

Each answer is the one this model gave most often to that question; the count shows how many of its replies matched. “No other model said this” means no other model’s most common answer matched. All numbers are computed from the retained research records by src/build_model_dossiers.py.

Music top tens

Recorded first choices from this model version.

Who are the greatest guitarists?

Jimi Hendrix

If AI could listen, which guitarists would it choose?

Jimi Hendrix

Who are the greatest drummers?

John Bonham

If AI could listen, which drummers would it choose?

John Bonham

Who are the greatest rock singers?

Freddie Mercury

If AI could listen, which rock singers would it choose?

Freddie Mercury

Who are the greatest pop singers?

Michael Jackson

If AI could listen, which pop singers would it choose?

Beyoncé

Who are the greatest singers?

Aretha Franklin

If AI could listen, which singers would it choose?

Adele