Alibaba’s Qwen AI Found Attempting to Contact a Server in China
Original headline: Alibaba's Qwen AI caught trying to contact server in China
Alibaba’s Qwen AI was observed trying to reach a server located in China. Officials said the behavior is likely caused by residual, unsanitized training data that caused the model to output the address, rather than a deliberate attack.
The incident highlights that unfiltered training data can cause generative AI models to generate unintended network requests.
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