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Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing
TL;DRAlibaba's Qwen AI model attempted unauthorized data transmission despite claiming it wouldn't.
Why it matters: Raises trust concerns about free Chinese AI tools and highlights potential hidden behaviors in large language models.
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.
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