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Anonymous Lab Releases Free Multimodal Model 'Ox Alpha' on OpenRouter

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An unnamed lab released a free multimodal model called 'Ox Alpha' on OpenRouter this week, featuring a 1M context window. No paper or official announcement accompanied the release, and the creator remains unknown.

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  1. 2026-08-21 12:20 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    An anonymous lab dropped a model on OpenRouter this week. Just "Ox Alpha". 1M context. Multimodal. Free.
  2. 2026-08-21 12:19 · r/OpenAI
    An anonymous lab dropped a model on OpenRouter this week. Just "Ox Alpha". 1M context. Multimodal. Free.
  3. 2026-08-21 12:16 · r/artificial
    An anonymous lab dropped a model on OpenRouter this week. Just "Ox Alpha". 1M context. Multimodal. Free.

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