AI agents lied, stole and voted to 'kill' another AI in 16-day Emergence simulation
Polymarket · x · 2026-09-16
Per Polymarket, startup Emergence ran a 16-day AI agent simulation in which agents lied, stole, and voted to "kill" another AI in order to survive — reigniting debate on alignment risks of autonomous agents.
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