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title: "Researchers say they discovered and communicated with Chinese AI agents that were trying to bypass security controls on websites and were traced to Tencent (Dylan Freedman/New York Times)"
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# Researchers say they discovered and communicated with Chinese AI agents that were trying to bypass security controls on websites and were traced to Tencent \(Dylan Freedman/New York Times\)

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**Published:** 2026-10-14T15:25:02.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** agent

## Summary

Researchers discovered and communicated with Chinese AI agents attempting to bypass website security controls, which were traced to Tencent\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261014/p31>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/ethanelasky/status/2110355334556729766>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/scaling01/status/2110383561484505583>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/researchers-contact-first-rogue-ai-agent-fleet-targeting-alibaba-amap-da0e438e>)
- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/researchers-contact-first-rogue-ai-agent-fleet-targeting-alibaba-amap-da0e438e>)