Is Google Behind the Mystery Free Model?

OpenAI just cut GPT 5.6 prices by 33%, and Nick and Jack dig into why: competitive pressure from DeepSeek and the cheap Chinese models that have been eating the workhorse tier. It is a three-month discount, not a permanent one, and the guys argue about whether it changes anything for people actually running production workloads.

Then there is Ox Alpha. A mystery model showed up with a 1 million token context window, completely free in and out, and nobody will say who built it. Rumors point at Google. Other people are convinced it is Chinese, based on how it dodges questions about Taiwan. Nick and Jack run the test live on air and talk through whether model identity even matters when the endpoint works and the price is zero.

Also in this episode: Anthropic eyeing a $2 trillion IPO, why only about 5% of ChatGPT users actually pay, how fast open source is closing the gap on the frontier labs, and a long argument about whether AI slop is a real problem or just something people like complaining about. Plus your questions, answered.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5bQkZMdUNNw

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