arXiv AI By Bojie Li, Noah Shi

Whose Side Is Your Agent On? Multi-Party Principal Loyalty in LLM Agents

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arXiv:2606. 30383v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A rapidly growing class of LLM agents is multi-party: the agent acts for a principal (who briefs it, sends follow-ups, and receives results) while also conversing in a separate channel with a counterparty whose interests may diverge (negotiating with a vendor, screening inbound requests, or mediating between employees).

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Delegating Authorization to Misaligned Agents: Coalitional Alignment and Safe Control

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Rolling With Resistance: Preference-Optimized LLM Counselors Can Trade Goal Persistence for Relational Attunement in Motivational Interviewing

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