The cow comes home: China’s Internet celebrates Z.ai claiming ownership of Ox Alpha
Chinese fans rejoiced at Z.ai claiming ownership of Ox Aloha, lauding the startup's new model and its use of domestic AI chips.
Z.ai surprised the world by revealing that it had been using the Ox Alpha model under a different name. The Chinese fans celebrated the model, highlighting Z.ai's use of domestic AI chips. Chinese internet users were quick to praise local AI companies achieving breakthroughs globally. Z.ai claimed that it tested GLM-5.3-Flash anonymously as Ox Alpha on OpenRouter and OpenCode to gather user feedback before releasing it.
As a result, Ox Alpha became the most popular model of the week, with Chinese social media users lauding its strong performance at a low cost.
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