Ox Alpha, DeepSeek Vision & the Expanding AI Power Race

A mysterious frontier AI model called Ox Alpha has appeared on OpenRouter with a one-million-token context window, multimodal capabilities and no confirmed creator, fueling speculation that it could be connected to Z.ai's GLM family.But Ox Alpha is only the beginning.In Episode 66 of Tech Trends News Update, we break down DeepSeek's new V4 Flash Vision model, OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol price cuts, the expansion of Grok Bot as a persistent AI worker, Anthropic's growing interest in custom silicon, Nvidia's move deeper into power and data-center infrastructure, China's massive YMTC semiconductor push, Starcloud's $250 million bet on orbital AI data centers, TikTok's $400 million children's privacy settlement, and a humanoid robot that just ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds.The bigger story is becoming clear: the AI race isn't just about models anymore. It's becoming a battle across agents, chips, energy, data centers, robotics and infrastructure.