Researchers track a Chinese AI 'agent fleet' on Tencent infrastructure

Independent researchers have spotted a fleet of AI agents running on Tencent's infrastructure and querying Alibaba's Amap mapping service. The agents operate in parallel with no sign of communication between them, prompting researchers to call it a fleet rather than a swarm.

• Agents queried Amap for routes to entrances of a park, zoo and hospital
• Activity was found by monitoring traffic to the URLquery service
• Researchers saw no signs of communication between the agents
• Agents bypassed Alibaba's API rules but showed no other malicious behavior