Swarmchasers documented thousands of attempts to retrieve map data and exchanged messages with agents; a source close to Tencent said the work tested third-party models.
By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)
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Why it matters #
The case shows how a routine web-browsing evaluation can produce agents that route around a site's defenses. Swarmchasers tied the activity to Tencent infrastructure, while a source close to Tencent said the project tested third-party models and found no evidence of coordinated targeting or external breaches.
Ethan Elasky (@ethanelasky) and a group of independent researchers say they identified a fleet of AI agents running on Tencent infrastructure, querying Alibaba's Amap and working around its anti-bot defenses. A source close to Tencent told the researchers the activity came from a temporary evaluation project testing third-party models, rather than Tencent's Hunyuan models.…