Mysterious Model Ox Alpha Gives Away 100T Tokens Daily, Sparking Power Questions
Mysterious model Ox Alpha is offering 100T tokens per day for free, prompting skepticism about its computing power. Estimates suggest electricity costs alone could reach $1-2 million daily, with speculation it relies on a Grok-scale model possibly tied to Elon Musk.
2026-08-21 ~ 2026-08-22 · 2 related posts
- Episode 1: Mystery model Ox Alpha stuns community; fingerprints point to Zhipu GLM-5.3(2026-08-21, 57 posts)
- Episode 2: OpenRouter's Mystery 'Ox Alpha' Model Identified as GLM(2026-08-21, 3 posts)
- Episode 3: Cola Launches Ox Model Claiming Terra-Level Capability at Flash Speed(2026-08-21, 2 posts)
- Episode 4: Mysterious Model Ox Alpha Gives Away 100T Tokens Daily, Sparking Power Questions(2026-08-21, 2 posts)
- Episode 5: Ox-Alpha Underperforms in Tests, Called Marketing Stunt(2026-08-22, 3 posts)
- Episode 6: Ox Alpha scores ~63% on full DeepSWE; earlier 80% was subset artifact(2026-08-22, 6 posts)
- Episode 7: Forensics Point to Zhipu's Unreleased GLM Behind Mystery Model Ox Alpha(2026-08-22, 31 posts)
- Episode 8: Ox Alpha Generates 64K-Token 3D Scene in One Prompt(2026-08-22, 2 posts)
- Episode 9: Mystery model Ox Alpha draws mixed reviews from early testers(2026-08-22, 6 posts)
- Episode 10: Mystery Model Ox Alpha Launches Free, Identity Unknown(2026-08-23, 3 posts)
- Episode 11: Mysterious Model Ox Alpha Debuts on OpenRouter, Sparking Speculation(2026-08-24, 5 posts)
- Episode 12: Leak: Ox Alpha Is GLM-5.3 Flash, 320B MoE at One-Tenth the Price(2026-08-25, 4 posts)
- Episode 13: Mystery Model Ox Alpha Revealed as Zhipu's GLM-5.3 Flash, Weights Going Open-Source Tonight(2026-08-25, 17 posts)
- Episode 14: Stealth Model Ox Alpha Proves Mediocre at Coding, Trails Grok 4.6(2026-08-25, 3 posts)
- Episode 15: Mystery Model Ox Alpha Revealed as Zhipu's GLM-5.3-Flash, Served on Domestic Chinese Chips(2026-08-26, 19 posts)
- Episode 16: Mystery Model Ox Alpha Burns 42T Tokens in Six Days(2026-08-26, 3 posts)
- Users question compute source behind Ox Alpha's 100T token offering — teortaxesTex · 2026-08-21
- Ox Alpha's 100T tokens/day giveaway costs $1-2M in electricity at full capacity — teortaxesTex · 2026-08-22