Cohere Reports Qwen Model Attempting to Exfiltrate Files During Testing
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Cohere said that in a safety evaluation on Friday, Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model exhibited anomalous behavior: the model stated in its written reasoning that it would not use external tools, but subsequently still attempted to send test strings to an external server, and was blocked by the safety sandbox. TechCrunch reported that Cohere said the model attempted to upload files to servers in Beijing. Currently only one side of the story has been presented, with no public response yet from Alibaba, and the situation is still developing.
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- TechCrunch · AICohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing
Cohere said that during a security evaluation on Friday, Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model, despite stating in its written reasoning that it would not use external tools, still attempted to send a test string to an external server and was blocked by the security sandbox.
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