Chinese tech giant Tencent recently released its 2025 anti-corruption report, which for the first time explicitly detailed the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its fight against misconduct. Over 90 employees were dismissed for violations, with more than 20 of them transferred to police authorities for suspected criminal offenses.

The report states that throughout 2025, the company investigated and handled over 70 cases involving breaches of the "Tencent High-Voltage Line," its internal anti-fraud and ethics policy. This led to the dismissal of over 90 individuals. Among them, more than 20 were handed over to public security organs due to suspected criminal activities. Additionally, over 30 external personnel implicated in the cases were apprehended by the authorities.

Tencent pointed out that in recent years, to proactively and precisely identify potential misconduct, it has systematically analyzed key risk points from past cases. By utilizing multiple proprietary AI analysis tools, the company built a dynamic risk assessment model. This model has enabled the active discovery and investigation of several violations across critical business processes, including partner onboarding, project bidding, contract management, delivery acceptance, and expense reimbursement. Tencent also continuously refines the accuracy of this model and deepens its application of AI and big data analytics to proactively unearth misconduct, based on ongoing feedback from case investigations.

It is understood that previous annual anti-corruption disclosures from Tencent had not mentioned the use of AI tools.