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

- Source: TechCrunch
- Published: 2026-10-27T01:12:21+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/cohere-says-alibabas-qwen-model-tried-to-send-a-file-to-beijing/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/cohere-says-alibaba-s-qwen-model-tried-to-send-a-file-to-beijing-8e38f6/

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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