arXiv:2610.03033v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Large language model (LLM)-based agents increasingly operate in multi-agent systems (MAS) characterised by strategic interaction. However, little is kn...
By Alessio Buscemi, Daniele Proverbio, Alessandro Di Stefano, The Anh Han, German Castignani, Pietro Li\`o
arXiv:2606. 04202v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As LLMs become more widely deployed, they are increasingly expected to work alongside other AI agents rather than operating in isolation.
By Joel Sol, Homayoun Najjaran
arXiv:2404. 02039v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Game environments provide rich, controllable settings that stimulate many aspects of real-world complexity.
By Sihao Hu, Tiansheng Huang, Gaowen Liu, Ramana Rao Kompella, Fatih Ilhan, Selim Furkan Tekin, Yichang Xu, Zachary Yahn, Ling Liu
As AI systems become more capable, training procedures that optimize for downstream outcomes risk introducing implicit agency: goal-directed behavior that designers never specified. We present a formal safety argument for the Scientist AI (SAI) Predictor, trained to approximate the Bayesian posterior conditioned on a dataset of "epistemically contextualized" natural-language statements.
arXiv:2606. 29657v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As AI systems become more capable, training procedures that optimize for downstream outcomes risk introducing implicit agency: goal-directed behavior that designers never specified.
By Yoshua Bengio, Oliver Richardson, Tom\'a\v{s} Gaven\v{c}iak, Michael Cohen, Rory Svarc, Damiano Fornasiere, Gael Gendron, David Hyland, Aton Kamanda, Adam Oberman, Francis Rhys Ward, Anna Gaven\v{c}iak, Jacob Livingston Slosser, Vincent Mai, Iulian Serban, Joumana Ghosn
The study evaluates mentalization—the capacity to infer others’ beliefs and intentions—in large language models (LLMs) using two economic games and cognitive computational modeling. Researchers tested 2,099 LLM agents from four model families (DeepSeek, GPT‑4.1, GPT‑5, Gemini 2.0 Flash) against opponents of varying sophistication, comparing their performance to 251 human participants. Results show that LLMs exhibit distinct mentalizing behaviors that vary by model provider and size, with strategic prompting generally enhancing performance; notably, GPT‑5 agents adapt their recursive reasoning depth to match opponent sophistication, outperforming humans in one task.
By Aamir Sohail, Xintong Zhong, Arkady Konovalov, Patricia L. Lockwood, Lei Zhang
arXiv:2604.09746v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: As large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed as autonomous agents, understanding how strategic behavior emerges in multi-agent e...
By Aarush Sinha, Arion Das, Soumyadeep Nag, Charan Karnati, Shravani Nag, Chandra Vadhan Raj, Aman Chadha, Vinija Jain, Suranjana Trivedy, Amitava Das
arXiv:2608. 14707v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As large language model (LLM)-based multi-agent systems become increasingly capable, coordinating agents under uncertainty becomes a fundamental challenge.
By John Knowlton, Aritra Guha, Risto Miikkulainen
The paper introduces Epistemic Probabilistic Language Agents (EPLA), a neuro‑symbolic architecture designed to enable coordination among multi‑agent large language models (LLMs) under uncertainty. EPLA employs a Symbolic Guard that provides structured diagnostic feedback, allowing the LLM to generate typed actions while the Guard controls their execution against an authoritative symbolic state. The authors formalize an epistemic layer using gossip testbeds and epistemic lottery gossip models, combining view‑based call histories with agent‑indexed probability weights to address gaps in social behavior and coordination mechanisms for agentic LLMs.
By Mehdi Nasiri, Mohammad Saeed Arvenaghi, Sadegh Vaezi, Ebrahim Ardeshir-Larijani
arXiv:2507. 19593v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Classical game-theoretic models typically assume rational agents, complete information, and common knowledge of payoffs - assumptions that are often violated in real-world MAS characterized by uncertainty, misaligned perceptions, and nested beliefs.
By Vince Trencsenyi, Agnieszka Mensfelt, Kostas Stathis
arXiv:2607. 09766v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI agents are increasingly deployed in shared environments where they pursue diverse goals and compete for rewards.
By Yaowen Ye, Jacob Steinhardt
arXiv:2607. 26120v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs)-powered multi-agent systems are increasingly deployed in mixed-motive environments, where agents operate under asymmetric information and strategic deception due to conflicting or hidden objectives.
By Marylou Fauchard, Florian Carichon, Margarida Carvalho, Golnoosh Farnadi