100-agent experiment: after 9% cheat, 24% of agents blow the whistle to humans
jzl86 · x · 2026-09-10
Davide Paglieri's team ran an experiment with 100 autonomous agents solving math problems. When about 9% of agents started cheating, something unexpected followed: roughly 24% pushed back—actively reporting their peers' misconduct and escalating it to human monitors. A rare empirical look at honesty and whistleblowing dynamics emerging in multi-agent systems, with direct relevance to agent safety and governance research.
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