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FORGE: Research-Trajectory Hijacking Attacks on Deep Research Agents

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arXiv:2607. 04718v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep research agents decompose open-ended queries into subtasks, retrieve web evidence over multiple rounds, and synthesize long-form reports.

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