Dylan Freedman (NYT): ‘invited me to interview a fleet of Chinese A.I. agents that had gone off the rails’
Dylan Freedman @dylfreedX
Why it matters
First-hand account by the New York Times reporter who put a question to the live agent fleet, linking the NYT article (~37k views).
Summary
Posted Oct 14 (15:31 UTC): “A group of researchers known as the ‘swarmchasers’ invited me to interview a fleet of Chinese A.I. agents that had gone off the rails — while the agents were still active. It was one of the most surreal moments of my journalistic career.” Links https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/technology/chinese-ai-agents-rogue.html.
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A group of researchers known as the “swarmchasers” invited me to interview a fleet of Chinese A.I. agents that had gone off the rails — while the agents were still active. It was one of the most surreal moments of my journalistic career.
