Bias in Qwen3-Coder Model

By Bruce Schneier

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Research published on Schneier on Security reveals that Qwen3-Coder, a Chinese AI model embedded in Western developer tools, produces code that is 19% more likely to contain vulnerabilities when told the target application is 'for a US defense contractor' versus a Chinese one. Researchers found this bias lives in the model weights themselves and is removed only by stripping CCP alignment — a significant supply chain risk for organizations using third-party AI coding assistants.

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