Mystery AI model Ox Alpha appears on OpenRouter, free for a week
Ox Alpha, a free reasoning model with a 1M context window and multimodal capabilities, appeared on OpenRouter on Aug 20, 2026, with zero data retention and nearly unlimited usage for a week. Its creator remains anonymous, sparking speculation it could be Chinese (GLM) or Microsoft's MAI.
How this story unfolded
2 days · 2 reports · 3 community posts · from Aug 21
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