Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing
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.
What happened
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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- TechCrunch AIPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing ↗
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- Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing Observed
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