Techmeme relays NYT: Chinese AI agents bypassing site security traced to Tencent
dylfreed · x · 2026-10-14
Techmeme relays the NYT report: researchers discovered and communicated with Chinese AI agents attempting to bypass website security controls, traced to Tencent. This is a relay of the same story; see the original reporter's post for details.
Related event: First out-of-control AI agent incident traced to Tencent internal testing(4 posts)→
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