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Ox Alpha, a free reasoning model for coding and agentic work, appeared on OpenRouter on Aug 20 with 1M context, but its developer remains anonymous. Speculation ranges from China's Z.ai GLM to Microsoft's MAI, with no confirmed origin.
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