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

> **Publication**: aitalky (Independent AI Journalism)
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> **Original Source**: [SiliconANGLE AI](https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/20/inception-says-mercury-3-beats-gpt-6-luna-and-claude-haiku-5-5-at-up-to-8x-the-speed/)
> **Author**: Duncan Riley (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
> **Category**: RESEARCH
> **Tags**: AI, SiliconANGLE AI, research

## Executive Summary
Diffusion language model startup Inception AI Inc. today released Mercury 3, its new flagship model. In the company's own benchmarks, Mercury 3 beat OpenAI Group PBC's GPT-6 Luna and Anthropic PBC's Claude Haiku 5.5 on eight of 12 tests at four to eight times...



## Full Coverage
Diffusion language model startup Inception AI Inc. today released Mercury 3, its new flagship model. In the company's own benchmarks, Mercury 3 beat OpenAI Group PBC's GPT-6 Luna and Anthropic PBC's Claude Haiku 5.5 on eight of 12 tests at four to eight times

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