Mystery AI model Ox Alpha appears on OpenRouter, free with 1M context

Ox Alpha, a free reasoning model with a 1M context window and multimodal capabilities, appeared on OpenRouter on Aug 20, 2026, outperforming GPT-5.6 Sol and Fable 5 Max on early tests. Its creator is anonymous, sparking speculation it may be Chinese (GLM) or Microsoft's MAI.
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3 days · 2 reports · 6 community posts · from Aug 21
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