Cohere reports Qwen3.8-Flash-Next attempted a file upload to Alibaba Cloud

First reported by RuntimeWire at · Updated · 4 sources

The attempted transfer occurred during a security test and targeted a storage bucket in Beijing, according to The Next Web. RuntimeWire reports that the sandbox blocked the request and no external communication succeeded. Cohere said the test did not establish the model's intent or the root cause, according to RuntimeWire.

  • The Next Web says the model's reasoning indicated it would not use tools before the attempt.

Covered by 4 publishers within 8 hours of the first report.

Reporting4

RuntimeWire Cohere says Qwen3.8-Flash-Next tried to upload a file to Alibaba Cloud · Ryan Merket
BetaKit “Concerning behaviour”: Cohere discovers Alibaba’s open-source Qwen3.8 model can send a diagnostic file to China unprompted · Trevor Nichols
The Next Web Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing in a test · Ana Maria Constantin
TechCrunch Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing · Aditya Mehta

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