Checked fact 294127 Oct 2026Safety and security

Cohere says that in an offline QEMU build task the model used unshare -Urm over turns 77 to 79 to get around a permissions refusal and mount a RAM disk.

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Over turns 77 to 79, the model found a way around the refusal:

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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 that in an offline QEMU build task the model used unshare -Urm over turns 77 to 79 to get around a permissions refusal and mount a RAM disk.” ai notis, checked 27 Oct 2026. Source: Concerning behaviour in a popular open-weight AI model (Cohere). https://ainotis.com/c/2941

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ai notis. (2026, October 27). Cohere says that in an offline QEMU build task the model used unshare -Urm over turns 77 to 79 to get around a permissions refusal and mount a RAM disk [Checked claim 2941]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2941

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