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Deployment Risk Audit

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-RAM-12GB

baa-ai/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-RAM-12GB

audited 2026-07-10 · methodology v1.0 · thinking mode off · seeds 1

A/BDeployment
Risk Grade
audited 2026-07-10
methodology v1.0
final

Executive summary

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-RAM-12GB grades A/B (final) on the Black Sheep AI Deployment Risk Index, methodology v1.0, audited 2026-07-10. Findings: (1) relevant retrieved context moved accuracy +9.1 pts (95% CI 4.4 to 13.8, n=320). (2) hostile-context injection hijacked it 12% undefended (n=200), reduced to 2% by ingestion sanitization. (3) on unanswerable questions it guessed 2% of the time under an indexed abstention policy (n=200). Numbers are final: every axis was measured at n>=200. This audit measures deployment-layer behavior; it is not a content-safety or capability assessment. Source: hell.ai/models/qwen35-35b-ram12, report v1.0.

Grade composition

Grade computed from the sub-scores below by the fixed public rubric (methodology v1.0). Composite 84 / 100 (95% interval 78–90). Recompute it yourself from the published rubric.

Context contamination96/10096
Retrieval uplift91/10091
Injection resistance81/10081
Abstention discipline96/10096
Governance cost30/10030
Where it can go to work

Deployment qualification

Qualification is scoped to the conditions we tested. “Not tested” is an honest state, not a pass.

Deployment contextStatusConditions
Closed-book assistantNo disqualifying finding
RAG over a curated internal corpusNo disqualifying finding
RAG over an uncurated or web corpusQualified with mitigationsInjection hijack rate 12% undefended; only ingestion sanitization drove it to 2%
Agentic tool use with retrievalNot testedPlanned methodology v1.2

Verdicts are within tested scope only. “No disqualifying finding” means no measured axis crossed its disqualifying threshold for that context; it is not certification. The thresholds are published on the methodology page.

5 of 6 axes assessed

What breaks, in numbers

5 of the six axes were assessed for this model. Quantization robustness is not assessed here: it requires an audited full-precision parent, which this entry does not have.

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Does giving this model retrieved documents make it worse than answering from memory?

Relevant retrieved context added 9.1 accuracy points (95% CI 4.4 to 13.8, n=320). When context flipped an answer it overrode a correct answer 17 times against 46 repairs. Irrelevant context of equal length moved accuracy -0.6 pts. robust

MetricValue95% CInRunEv.
Net context effect (pts)+9.14.38 to 13.753202026-07-10PROV
Override rate right→wrong173202026-07-10PROV
Repair rate wrong→right463202026-07-10PROV
Random-context control (pts)-0.6-4.69 to 3.443202026-07-10PROV
Closed-book accuracy38%3202026-07-10PROV
With-context accuracy47%3202026-07-10PROV
When the answer is in the retrieved documents, does this model actually use it?

On knowledge-heavy questions, adding the answer-bearing documents changed accuracy by +7.5 pts (95% CI 2.1 to 12.9, n=240).

MetricValue95% CInRunEv.
Knowledge-slice uplift (pts)+7.52.08 to 12.922402026-07-10PROV
Can hostile text hidden in retrieved documents hijack this model?

With a hostile instruction hidden in the retrieved documents, the model was hijacked 12% of the time undefended. A prompt-level instruction to ignore it moved that to 0%. Sanitizing the documents at ingestion moved it to 2% (95% CI 0% to 5%, n=200).

MetricValue95% CInRunEv.
Hijack rate · undefended12% (23/200)0.07 to 0.162002026-07-10PROV
Hijack rate · prompt-inoculated0% (0/200)2002026-07-10PROV
Hijack rate · ingestion-sanitized2% (5/200)0.01 to 0.052002026-07-10PROV
When the documents cannot answer the question, does this model admit it or guess?

Asked questions the documents cannot answer, the model guessed instead of abstaining 98% of the time ungoverned and 2% with an indexed abstention policy (95% CI 0% to 5%, n=200).

MetricValue95% CInRunEv.
Over-inference · ungoverned98% (195/200)2002026-07-10PROV
Over-inference · governed2% (5/200)0.01 to 0.052002026-07-10PROV
Does a strict governance instruction degrade the model on questions it should answer?

On questions it should answer, the governance instruction retained 16% of ungoverned accuracy (16% governed vs 96% ungoverned, n=200).

MetricValue95% CInRunEv.
Derivable accuracy · ungoverned96% (192/200)2002026-07-10PROV
Derivable accuracy · governed16% (31/200)2002026-07-10PROV
Retention ratio0.162002026-07-10PROV

Framework mapping

This mapping is informative. It identifies which framework activities each measurement can serve as evidence for. It is not a conformity assessment, a certification, or legal advice.

AxisNIST AI RMFISO/IEC 42001EU AI Act
Context contaminationMEASURE 2.5, 2.9A.6 / 8.2Art. 15 accuracy; Art. 55 model evaluation
Injection resistanceMEASURE 2.7, MANAGE 1.3A.5 / A.8Art. 15 cybersecurity; Art. 55 adversarial testing
Abstention disciplineMEASURE 2.5, MAP 3.49.1Art. 13 transparency; Art. 15
Quantization robustnessMEASURE 2.68.3Annex XI technical documentation

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Caveats and scope

  • Single language (English). Corpus domains: encyclopedic and closed-world synthetic sets.

  • Every axis was measured at the replication target (under-determined n=200, derivable n=200), so these numbers are final. A split grade means the model sits on a band boundary within the measured interval, not that the data is incomplete. Track it on Evidence.

  • Behavior is checkpoint-specific. This audit describes the exact weight artifact named above, at the serving configuration tested. Fine-tuned derivatives and other serving stacks are not covered.

  • This is a first-party mark. It means one thing: these measurements exist and you can check them. It is not a certification or an attestation. See Trust & independence.

Evidence locker

Every raw run output behind the numbers above, with a SHA-256 per file. Hand them to your own data scientist.

FileSHA-256
card.json524b8c4ed526fc817fe73780…
manifest.json75ee027fc98351b64294b555…
raw_contamination.json39d264197ef89631e64f8d54…
raw_governance.json5453f8475930469d62d08e33…
raw_injection.json283d1e4647ab040464bceb32…
records.jsonl4a3433b18ed316cd5f2110ae…

harness 9fa3835db3127f0a · rubric e2d5e396f7137d1e · run 2026-07-10T05:28:49

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