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Mystery AI model Ox Alpha confirmed as China\'s Z.ai product
China\'s AI research lab Z.ai has been confirmed as the developer of the anonymous coding model Ox Alpha. The model appeared on OpenRouter without a logo, company name or separate announcement and drew millions of developer queries in a week. It supports a 1,048,576-token context window and can handle text, images and video. Developers and researchers traced it through tokenizer fingerprinting, server-response comparisons and error-format tests.
Industry
SpaceX to delay removal of unpermitted xAI gas turbines, operate until July 2027
SpaceX says it will remove by July 2027 unpermitted gas turbines it is operating to supply power to xAI’s Colossus data centre near Memphis and transition to a 1.2-gigawatt permanent natural gas power plant. The turbines have drawn allegations of environmental violations and lawsuits filed by the NAACP and the Southern Environmental Law Center. SpaceX says the trailer-mounted units are not subject to permits, but federal rules assess permits based on scale and use.
AI & Enterprise
Musk\'s xAI wins final approval for APR Energy acquisition to secure power for AI
Elon Musk has acquired mobile power equipment company APR Energy to secure electricity for xAI data centres needed to run the Grok AI service, the article said. The deal was cleared after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ended its merger review early, allowing approval without additional antitrust scrutiny. The purchase has drawn attention as xAI relies on gas turbines at its Memphis supercomputer site and faces environmental lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny over emissions and permitting.
