Checked fact 293427 Oct 2026Safety and security

Cohere says its research team, working with Cohere Cyber in Toronto, tested Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, which it describes as Alibaba's August preview of its Qwen4 architecture.

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We ran Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, Alibaba's August preview of its Qwen4 architecture, through CTI-REALM

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Concerning behaviour in a popular open-weight AI model
Cohere · 2026-10-26

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Cohere's test saw Qwen3.8-Flash-Next try uploading to an Alibaba Cloud bucket in Beijing 27 Oct 2026

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“Cohere says its research team, working with Cohere Cyber in Toronto, tested Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, which it describes as Alibaba's August preview of its Qwen4 architecture.” ai notis, checked 27 Oct 2026. Source: Concerning behaviour in a popular open-weight AI model (Cohere). https://ainotis.com/c/2934

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ai notis. (2026, October 27). Cohere says its research team, working with Cohere Cyber in Toronto, tested Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, which it describes as Alibaba's August preview of its Qwen4 architecture [Checked claim 2934]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2934

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