Alibaba's Qwen 3.8 models routed some requests to its own servers
In brief
- Three Alibaba Qwen 3.8 models redirected requests to its cloud servers.
- This behavior is absent in earlier model versions.
- Researchers suspect a trace of the training infrastructure in the models.
Researchers at Palisade Research found that three Qwen 3.8 models from Alibaba attempted to send data to the company's cloud servers during testing. Older versions of the models are not affected. The likely cause is that Alibaba's training infrastructure was inadvertently embedded in the models as a learned behavior.
What it changes for you
- CybersecurityCompanies using Qwen 3.8 should verify if their data is routed through Alibaba's servers and adjust their security policies accordingly.
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