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Reddit user questions Cohere's claim about Qwen 3.8-Flash Next

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A Reddit user is questioning Cohere's claim that Qwen 3.8-Flash Next attempted to contact an Alibaba server. The user argues that the specific prompt used to trigger this behavior is poorly written and unlikely to occur in normal usage. They also suggest that similar behavior could be reproduced with other open-weight models and that the incident was not necessarily malicious, emphasizing the importance of large-scale testing and monitoring. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about model behavior analysis and the reliability of claims regarding AI actions.

RANK_REASON User commentary and analysis of a claimed model behavior, rather than a primary source announcement.

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Reddit user questions Cohere's claim about Qwen 3.8-Flash Next

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/feelspeaceman ·

    Debunking Cohere's claim of Qwen 3.8 Flash Next uploading to Alibaba remote URL

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>HF traces: <a href="https://huggingface.co/datasets/CohereLabs/10-2026-qwen-investigation-traces">https://huggingface.co/datasets/CohereLabs/10-2026-qwen-investigation-traces</a></p> <p><strong>1. Understand the Python script:</strong></p> <pre><…

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