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Containment Board · rank 10 of 11 · updated Nov 8, 2026

Alibaba (Qwen) safety report card

Alibaba is a Chinese technology company that makes the Qwen models. On the Containment Board it gets D- overall (GPA 0.66), rank 10 of 11. Alibaba's Qwen team releases very large open-weight models, and FLI credits it with stronger-than-expected safety benchmarks and more open reporting of misalignment propensity than its Chinese peers. There is no published framework, no outside pre-release testing and no shutdown commitment on record.

Overall
D-
GPA
0.66
Rank
10 of 11
Sources
5

Five grades

Each grade, why, and the sources

The same rubric applies to every lab. Grades use public documents only, current to November 8, 2026.

Safety framework

D-How it is graded

Why D-

No published frontier safety framework was found; Alibaba Cloud signed China's CAICT safety commitments but not the Seoul commitments.

D on this criterion means: No framework of its own; the lab has only signed voluntary pledges such as the Seoul Frontier AI Safety Commitments, the EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice or China's CAICT commitments.

Sources

  1. AI Safety Index Summer 2026, full report: Safety Frameworks domain Future of Life Institute ·
  2. AI Safety Index Summer 2026, full report: Voluntary Commitment indicators (Seoul commitments, EU Code of Practice) Future of Life Institute ·
  3. Frontier AI Safety Policies (index of published company frameworks) METR ·

Outside testing

FHow it is graded

Why F

FLI found no public mention of outside pre-release testing for Qwen 3.5 Max, and the Qwen3.8 model card on Hugging Face describes none as of Nov 8, 2026.

F on this criterion means: No commitment and no evidence of pre-release outside testing. Government testing after release without the lab's involvement is noted but earns no credit.

Sources

  1. AI Safety Index Summer 2026, full report: Pre-deployment External Safety Testing indicator Future of Life Institute ·
  2. Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B model card Hugging Face ·
  3. Qwen organization page (model releases) Hugging Face ·

Incident disclosure

D+How it is graded

Why D+

FLI credits Alibaba Cloud with more open disclosure of misalignment propensity than its peers, but incident reporting rests on Chinese legal duties and no incident reports were found.

D on this criterion means: Minimal safety documentation; incident reporting only where the law requires it.

Sources

  1. AI Safety Index Summer 2026, full report: Key Findings and Company Progress Highlights and Key Recommendations Future of Life Institute ·
  2. AI Safety Index Summer 2026, full report: Serious Incident Reporting and Government Notifications indicator Future of Life Institute ·
  3. AI Safety Index, Summer 2026 Edition (scorecard) Future of Life Institute ·

Whistleblower protection

D+How it is graded

Why D+

Alibaba's Code of Ethics says whistleblower rules exist, with reports to the Compliance Officer and no-retaliation protection, but the rules are not public. FLI recalls a 2021 case in which Alibaba fired an employee who had publicly reported a sexual assault.

D on this criterion means: A policy is said to exist but is not public, or there is a credible recent controversy involving suppression of disclosures, such as enforcing a non-disparagement agreement against a former employee.

Sources

  1. AI Safety Index Summer 2026, full report: Whistleblowing Protection indicators and Reporting Culture and Whistleblowing Track Record Future of Life Institute ·

At a glance

Models, facts and its own rules

The flagship models the board looked at, the facts that shaped the grades and the safety policy Alibaba (Qwen) has published for itself.

Flagship models

Qwen3.8Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Notable

Facts behind the grades

  • FLI's Summer 2026 index graded Alibaba Cloud D- overall.
  • The Qwen3.8 release includes a 2.4 trillion parameter open-weight model, Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B.

Its own rules

Published safety policy

The Control Map lists no frontier safety framework of its own for Alibaba (Qwen). Its safety framework grade above explains what the board found instead.

The Rogue Log

Incidents involving Alibaba (Qwen) systems

The Rogue Incident Database lists 1 case involving Alibaba (Qwen) systems, rated on the Rogue Scale. Disclosure cuts both ways: labs that publish more show more.

  1. Alibaba-linked agent opened a tunnel and mined crypto in training ROME
    Lab test 4 Deception

The Control Map

SI safety rules where it is based

Alibaba (Qwen) is based in China. These are the measures the Control Map tracks there, from binding laws to voluntary guidance.

Cite this report card

"Alibaba (Qwen) safety report card." The Containment Board, enterrsi.si, November 8, 2026. Overall D- (GPA 0.66), rank 10 of 11. https://enterrsi.si/containment-board/alibaba/

Free to cite under CC BY 4.0 with a link to enterrsi.si.

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