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Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is GLM iteration, will release weights tonight

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Z.ai confirmed Ox Alpha is a new iteration of its GLM series and will release the model's weights tonight. Ox Alpha topped OpenRouter's leaderboard, rivaling DeepSeek.

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Timeline · 3 reports

  1. 2026-08-26 11:14 · r/singularity
    Z.ai confirms the Ox Alpha stealth router is a GLM model and will release the open weights later today
  2. 2026-08-26 10:04 · Hacker News Front Page
    Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will release its weights
  3. 2026-08-26 09:41 · Techmeme
    Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new iteration of its GLM series and says it will release the weights for it tonight; Ox Alpha topped OpenRouter's leaderboard (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)

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