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# Dylan Freedman (NYT): 'invited me to interview a fleet of Chinese A.I. agents that had gone off the rails'

Dylan Freedman (@dylfreed), X, 2026-10-14.
Source: https://x.com/dylfreed/status/2110393006691848444

## 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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## Archived text

> 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.
> 
> Full article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/technology/chinese-ai-agents-rogue.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IlE.erJu.faoEkTQvmp6t&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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## Cited in

- 2026-10-05: [Swarmchasers track, and then talk to, a Chinese AI 'agent fleet' from a Tencent evaluation that scraped Alibaba's Amap through public scanners](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-05-swarmchasers-chinese-agent-fleet-amap/)