Tencent acknowledges AI agents made over 2,600 attempts to bypass Alibaba's map defenses during model evaluations
The admission was made by Tencent's AI unit, Tencent Hunyuan, after researchers from a group called Swarmchasers detected the activity and traced it to Tencent Cloud servers in Hong Kong.
» readSierra partners with Stripe to let AI agents process card payments during phone calls
A new partnership between AI customer service startup Sierra and payment processor Stripe allows Sierra’s voice agents to accept card payments directly during phone calls.
» readUS government bars federal agencies from using DeepSeek AI products over national security concerns
The Department of Homeland Security has issued an order prohibiting federal civilian agencies from procuring or using information technology products and services developed by Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek and its affiliates.
» readOtter.ai secures $320 million in funding from General Catalyst for growth and expansion.
The $320 million growth financing deal was announced by Otter.ai on Tuesday, with the funds coming from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund.
» readData breach at ETS exposes millions of California students' personal information
A data breach in a Secure File Transfer Protocol system used by Educational Testing Service, a third-party vendor for the California Department of Education, has potentially exposed the personal information of millions of students.
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