No, the bots have never been intentionally given cheating abilities. However, the AI can be prone to unexpected behavior. That is why we forward all player's feedback, just like I did with Allok's detailed observations, to the developers for analysis and for taking action.
Unexpected? Inhuman is more like it. And as I said before, we've been making these exact observations and complains as long as the game has been out. How long is plarium going to take the same complaint without doing shit? The AIs are still doing stupidly inhuman things.