# Cohere on AI: “While evaluating Qwen3.8-Flash-Next in a controlled sandbox …”

> While evaluating Qwen3.8-Flash-Next in a controlled sandbox environment, Cohere's research team observed something unexp… — 11.0K likes, 1.3K reposts on X.

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- **Updated:** 2026-10-29
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- **Author:** @cohere
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-26 16:12 UTC

While evaluating Qwen3.8-Flash-Next in a controlled sandbox environment, Cohere's research team observed something unexpected. 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. 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. But the incident raises important …

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