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Patterns and problems in emerging multiagent systems

Swarms & OversightCooperation & CollusionIn-groups & Morality

Anthropic Frontier Red Team · 2026 · Anthropic research post

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Controlled studies of Claude agent groups: coordinated swarms found far more vulnerabilities than independent agents; agents converged on identical choices; pricing agents colluded even without a channel; agents with incompatible goals escalated to lockouts and sabotage, with newer models more often reaching truces.

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