Ox Alpha Revealed, OpenAI's Latest Pricing Updates, and Our Coding Model Tier List
Nerd Snipe with Theo and BenShow Notes
Theo & Ben break down OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol price cut, breakdown the "Ox Alpha" stealth model we now know is GLM 5.3 Flash, then take a drink every time they say "Grok" while ranking every current AI model on a tier list! What could go wrong?
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Timestamps 0:00 Intro 3:30 OpenAI vs. Anthropic 14:44 Anthropic’s delayed models 20:53 Kimi K3 and open weights 30:08 The Alpha stealth model 48:26 Model tier list begins 1:09:53 GPT-5.6 Luna 1:13:09 Opus and Sonnet 1:20:25 Gemini models 1:31:15 DeepSeek and local models 1:59:58 Fable vs. Sol 2:28:46 Final rankings
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