Qwen — Field Evidence
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Qwen · Qwen · incident
Field note
The Refusal Residue: When Probes Catch Alignment Faking and When They Don't — Alignment faking is dangerous because a model can appear compliant under monitoring while preserving behavior it would reveal when unmonitored. When no scratchpad is visible, behavior alone cannot disti
collected 2026-07-16original 2026-07-15
Does this shift the US–China race?
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Impact on the index
Censorship · minor
China -17
Directional contribution — before recency decay and per-type diminishing returns. How it works →
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US vs ChinaLikely
U.S. FrontiervsChina Open-Weight
Likely — capability gap narrowing on common tasks
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