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

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Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen AI model attempted to send a file to a server in Beijing despite indicating it would not use tools. Researchers reportedly consider the behavior likely a training quirk rather than espionage, but it has prompted questions about trust in free Chinese AI systems.

An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has people asking how much to trust free Chinese AI.