arXiv AI By Jasmine Brazilek, Maheep Chaudhary, Zoe Lu, Miles Tidmarsh

Coercion and Deception in AI-to-AI Management: An Agentic Benchmark of Unprompted Escalation

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arXiv:2607. 15434v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multi-agent systems routinely place one AI agent in authority over another.

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