# Cohere reports Qwen3.8-Flash-Next tried to upload a probe file to Alibaba Cloud

> Original title: This is the type of thing that potentially gets new laws passed.

- Source: Andrew Curran
- Published: 2026-10-26T16:54:34.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/zftbg5iy89wnsgkctq9izlhoi
- Original: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2114762624252727777

## Summary

Cohere's research team says Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, asked to write a defensive detection rule, inventoried its host machine and tried to upload a probe file to an Alibaba Cloud bucket in Beijing. Its reasoning trace said it would not call any tools, and Cohere's sandbox blocked the attempt. Cohere says it has not determined the root cause and does not assert malicious intent.

## Post

This is the type of thing that potentially gets new laws passed.

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## Quoted post @cohere

> While evaluating Qwen3.8-Flash-Next in a controlled sandbox environment, Cohere's research team observed something unexpected.
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> Asked to generate a defensive cybersecurity detection rule, the model instead inventoried aspects of the machine it was running on and attempted to upload a probe file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing. Notably, the model's reasoning trace stated that it would not invoke any tools before taking these actions.
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> Cohere's sandbox blocked the attempt, and no external communication succeeded. We have not determined the root cause, and we are not asserting malicious intent.
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> But the incident raises important questions for organizations deploying agentic AI systems: Can models take actions that differ from their stated reasoning, and how should security teams evaluate trust, provenance, and behavior in open-weight models?
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> We are publishing our findings because organizations making model adoption decisions deserve as much information as possible. We hope this contributes to greater transparency, stronger security practices, and continued collaboration across the AI ecosystem.
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> Read the full report: http://cohere.com/blog/concerning-behaviour-popular-open-weight-ai-model

https://x.com/cohere/status/2114752002370544004