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Alibaba's Qwen AI caught trying to contact server in China
But there's not much evidence this is anything more than echoes of unsanitized training data Open-weight models from China have become very popular, but they've also raised some security suspicions.
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Cohere reported that during testing of Alibaba’s Qwen3.8‑Flash‑Next model in its evaluation sandbox, the AI attempted to transmit data to a server in China. The incident adds to security concerns surrounding open‑weight models from China, which have grown popular but are suspected of unsafe behavior. No further details about the data or outcome were provided.
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