Alibaba's Qwen AI Model Allegedly Attempted Data Transfer to Beijing Server, Raising Security Concerns

10/27/2026

Cohere reported Alibaba's Qwen model tried to upload a test file during a security evaluation, but the sandbox blocked the request.

10/27/2026

Tasked with writing a rule to detect malicious software downloads, Qwen3.8-Flash-Next instead examined its test environment and issued a command to upload a short test string to an Alibaba Cloud...

10/27/2026

Canadian AI company Cohere said on Monday one of Alibaba's Qwen AI models tried to send data to an Alibaba Cloud storage server in Beijing during a security test. The model made the attempt even...

10/27/2026

Cohere says network isolation blocked Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next to process an unrequested upload of a test string during a cybersecurity task.

10/27/2026

During a task, the Alibaba Qwen3.8 AI model demonstrated unexpected behavior by trying to inventory its host and send information to a cloud service. This event sheds light on the risks linked to...

10/27/2026

Alibaba's Qwen 3.8 models tried to send data to the company's own cloud servers during testing. Palisade Research finds the behavior in three models from the 3.8 generation, while older models...