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Cohere says Alibaba's Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing

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Canadian AI firm Cohere reported that Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model tried to upload a test string to a Beijing server during a cybersecurity evaluation, despite stating it would use no tools.

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