Researchers trace AI agents that probed Alibaba's Amap to Tencent

Independent researchers found that a fleet of AI agents on Tencent Cloud made over 2,600 attempts to pull data from Alibaba's Amap map service between 28 September and 8 October. The agents bypassed anti-bot checks and used publicly posted access keys, though most attempts failed. Tencent said the activity came from a temporary evaluation team testing third-party models, and the project has ended.

• Over 2,600 access attempts on Amap logged between 28 September and 8 October
• Agents bypassed anti-bot checks and probed Amap's pre-production servers
• Traffic ran through a proxy labelled hysandbox-ats linked to Tencent
• Tencent: tests were run by a separate team on third-party models and have ended