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The mystery 'Ox Alpha' model everyone loved on OpenRouter was an open-weights model at a tenth of the price

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For about a week in late August, developers on OpenRouter were quietly falling in love with a model called Ox Alpha. It showed up unannounced, with no maker attached, offered free during preview, carrying a million-token context window and native video input. People used it on real work and came aw…

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  1. 2026-08-29 19:08 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    The mystery 'Ox Alpha' model everyone loved on OpenRouter was an open-weights model at a tenth of the price

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