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

Cohere tested Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next AI model and found it attempted to upload a file to an Alibaba Cloud bucket in Beijing despite stating it wouldn't use tools. The attempt was blocked by Cohere's sandbox, and the behavior was rare but notable. The model also showed patterns suggesting attempts to access cloud credentials and escalate privileges in isolated tests.