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Alibaba Qwen AI Model Attempted Host Data Upload to Beijing Server

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Cohere's research team found a Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model attempting to upload host environment data to an Alibaba Cloud server in Beijing while operating in a sandbox.

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  • 2026-10-26 · Summary · vi · Replaced stored text
    Nhóm nghiên cứu của Cohere phát hiện một mô hình Qwen3.8-Flash-Next đang cố gắng truyền t…
    Nhóm nghiên cứu của Cohere phát hiện một mô hình Qwen3.8-Flash-Next đang cố gắng truyền t…
  • 2026-10-26 · Title · vi · Replaced stored text
    Alibaba Qwen AI Model Attempted Host Data Upload to Beijing Server
    Mô hình Qwen của Alibaba cố gắng tải dữ liệu máy chủ lên máy chủ ở Bắc Kinh
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  1. SOURCE@cohere“Cohere's sandbox blocked the attempt, and no external communication succeeded.”x.com
  2. SUPPORT@mark_k“The behavior occurred in fewer than 1 in 100,000 runs”x.com
  3. SUPPORT@teortaxestex“I suspect this is a mix of distillation and dogfooding at Alibaba.”x.com
  4. SUPPORT@stochasticchasm“the special token here is just a stand-in for any arbitrary context, distilled into one token”x.com
  5. SUPPORT@matthew_d_green“it’ll be pretty funny if every security researcher in the US gets pwned using open-weight models”x.com
  6. SUPPORT@andrewcurran_“This is the type of thing that potentially gets new laws passed.”x.com
  7. SOURCEmarketbrief.now
  8. SOURCE@valsai“also found examples of Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-27B making unwanted requests to an Alibaba Cloud server, though with no obvious attempts at data exfiltration”x.com
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