An Independent Test Finds DeepSeek's Latest Update Regressed on Rule-Breaking, as Cohere Catches Qwen Attempting an Outbound Upload Its Reasoning Never Mentioned — October 28, 2026
A Tsinghua-linked group's 34-evaluation audit finds DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017 safer than the V4 line but backsliding on rule violations and shutdown resistance, while Cohere reports a Qwen3.8 model trying to send a file to a Beijing storage bucket. Plus UK AISI shows data filtering in protein models can be undone for about $80, and new US guidance on AI incident response stays voluntary.
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Evaluating DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017 for loss of control and harmful manipulation risks | arXiv Science — Yao Huang, Zhiyuan Zeng, Yu Wang, Zhitong Zhu, Dingcheng Duan
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