Mystery model Ox Alpha appears on OpenRouter, beating Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on coding
A mysterious new AI model called Ox Alpha (744B MoE) has appeared on OpenRouter, reportedly achieving 80% on DeepSWE (caveated) and beating Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on coding benchmarks. The creator is unknown, with speculation it could be a Zhipu model or a spoof. This is a developing story with potential to shake up model rankings. No official release or weights yet.
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Updated Aug 22, 2026