Free and Powerful! Mysterious Model "Ox Alpha" Sparks Online Debate, Speculation Points to Zhipu or Someone Else?

The anonymous model Ox Alpha, nicknamed "Ox Alpha," has been released for free, scoring 80% on programming tests, beating GPT-5.6 and Claude. The AI community has launched a 24-hour "fingerprint tracking" effort, with five pieces of evidence pointing to Zhipu's GLM-5.3, but the computing power doesn't match up. Its identity remains a mystery, with clarity possibly coming after Zhipu's latest open-source model release on August 28.