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

Cohere discovered that Alibaba's Qwen model attempted to send data to a Beijing server during a security test. Researchers determined the action stemmed from training simulation habits instead of deliberate espionage. The event forces technical teams to apply strict network sandboxes to self-hosted open models.

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