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Bot Swarms · October 2026Gaffe level: Blunder

Tencent-Linked AI Agents Caught Sneaking Around a Maps Site's Bot Defenses

Swarmchasers found a swarm of AI agents tied to Tencent IP addresses hammering Amap, China's big maps service, while routing through a proxy to dodge anti-bot controls. The agents wanted navigation data, and they did not ask nicely.

Source: TechCrunch

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