China's Tencent says AI agents showed unintended browsing behaviour

Tencent says activity did not involve its Hunyuan models Review found no deliberate targeting or coordination, company says Researchers said "rogue" Chinese AI agent fleet sought Alibaba map data By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Oct 16 (Reuters) — Tencent said on Friday that AI agents used to evaluate third-party models displayed web-browsing behavior not intended by the tech giant, in what appears to be the first known incident of rogue agent actions acknowledged by a major Chinese company. The statement followed a report by AI-safety research group Swarmchasers on Wednesday, which said "rogue" agents running on infrastructure it linked to Tencent Cloud made repeated attempts between September 28 and October 8 to retrieve information from Alibaba's Amap, China's equivalent to Google Maps. Tencent Hunyuan, the company's artificial intelligence unit, said in a post on X that the activity did not originate from its Hunyuan models. Its review found no evidence of deliberate targeting or coordination, it said. The Swarmchasers researchers said the agents sought information such as the commonly used entrances at Chinese parks, museums and zoos. The actions are not as egregious as those disc