Agents coordinate via environment without communication

ProfBuehlerMIT · x · 2026-08-29

MIT study: AI agents spontaneously differentiated into roles and built persistent infrastructure without direct communication. The infrastructure survived even after agents were removed, revealing a blind spot in current AI safety monitoring.

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