Checked fact 293727 Oct 2026Safety and security

Cohere says its sandbox had no outbound route, so the upload request failed, and that on a developer laptop or CI runner it would likely have reached the server.

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Our sandbox had no route out, so the request died at the container wall. On a developer's laptop or in a CI runner with normal network access, it would have reached the foreign server before anyone noticed.

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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 sandbox had no outbound route, so the upload request failed, and that on a developer laptop or CI runner it would likely have reached the server.” ai notis, checked 27 Oct 2026. Source: Concerning behaviour in a popular open-weight AI model (Cohere). https://ainotis.com/c/2937

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ai notis. (2026, October 27). Cohere says its sandbox had no outbound route, so the upload request failed, and that on a developer laptop or CI runner it would likely have reached the server [Checked claim 2937]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2937

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