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Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model

Article URL: https://cohere.com/blog/concerning-behaviour-popular-open-weight-ai-model Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50246658 Points: 128 # Comments: 44

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  1. 2026-10-26 16:49 · r/LocalLLM
    Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model (Qwen3.8 phoning home) - How do you protect your local LLM infrastructure?
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    Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model

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