Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will release its weights

Re:Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will... by kosolam on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @07:36AM (#49447221)

Only reason people are interested is it’s free at the moment. I wasn’t impressed by its performance. Once the model gets a price tag it’s usage will be negligible.

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Re:Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will... by esafak on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @08:09AM (#49447579)

You used it for visual tasks, right?

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Re:Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will... by kosolam on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @07:39AM (#49447252)

It doesn’t rival deepseek v4 flash, and of course not deepseek v4 pro. This is my own impression.

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Re:Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will... by segmondy on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @10:14AM (#49449613)

The price is free for some of us, we can run it at home.

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Re:Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will... by conradludgate on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @11:06AM (#49450491)

How much did you spend on hardware and electricity to run your free models

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Re:Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will... by garbageman on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @12:00PM (#49451404)

Look, it's kind of like that 1982 HydraTech 16ft bass boat with a pearl glitter paint job thats on Craigslist. When the wife asks, you low balled it and they accepted - an offer too good to refuse.

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Re:Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will... by segmondy on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @04:01PM (#49455011)

I have many rigs, but let's take 1 for example. 160gb. $1000 that's what it cost. 10 16gb MI50 gpus from ebay at $90. $900. Plugged them into an $100 octominer case from Facebook marketplace. I'm sure that doesn't satisfy you, keep coming up with excuses instead of finding ways to make this happen for you. You either find a way to get in and play or you sit on the sideline and moan about those in the field.

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