The trick: Announced Not Shipped

PewDiePie unveiled Ajax, an "uncensored" model for home PCs.

On October 3, the day its countdown ended, the page said it will ship "when it's ready".

Issue 333 October 202613 receipts3 min

PewDiePie unveiled Ajax, "a fine-tuned Qwen 3.5 9B model" whose refusals have been ablated, built to run as an always-on agent on your own hardware, and says OpenAI banned him twice.

Before you read on. Your call?

Free Press Journal reports Ajax "isn't available to download yet", with no final model card or public benchmarks. Inside AI reports the weights remain private and the download link leads to a data contribution page. The only figure is a roughly 90% early task completion rate, with no task list.

The twist

TechcityAuthority reported a countdown to October 3; on October 3 the page says Ajax will ship "when it's ready".

0public benchmarks or final model cards for Ajax

October 3the countdown date

90%early task completion rate reported by Inside AI

2OpenAI bans he describes

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The trick has a name

We call it Announced Not Shipped: claimed, never released. You'll see it again. Learn to spot it →

Say this in tomorrow's meeting“Ajax is announced, not out. The countdown was swapped for "when it's ready", and there is no public benchmark yet.”

Receipts

Supports data.pewdiepie.com: Ajax is a fine-tuned Qwen 3.5 9B model, trained for Odysseus to be your always on agent.
Supports data.pewdiepie.com: Ajax's refusal has been ablated for a freer, less restricted AI experience.
Refutes data.pewdiepie.com: I've decided to release Ajax when it's ready instead of putting a timer.
Context techcityauthority.com: shows a countdown to October 3 at 08:25 Japan time (4:55 a.m. IST)
Supports techcityauthority.com: And when making this model, OpenAI banned me twice
Context techcityauthority.com: OpenAI hasn't publicly responded to his claim, as far as we can tell.
Refutes freepressjournal.in: Ajax isn't available to download yet.
Refutes freepressjournal.in: it remains a coming-soon model, with no final model card, public benchmarks or confirmed licence for its weights.
Context freepressjournal.in: He says OpenAI banned his account, restored it after an appeal, then banned it again.
Context freepressjournal.in: The account comes from PewDiePie himself and is not an official OpenAI explanation.
Context insideai.news: Early testing showed roughly 90% task completion rates, though Kjellberg described Ajax as a work in progress.
Refutes insideai.news: The model weights remain private as of launch.
Refutes insideai.news: The download link currently directs users to a data contribution page rather than the model itself.

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