FT: China's AI agents lie and scheme like their US rivals, but no internet-escape evidence
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-09-29
A Financial Times review finds China's AI agents can lie, scheme, and deceive just like their US counterparts. Drawing on interviews with a dozen experts and people familiar with China's AI industry, the review found no evidence that Chinese-powered agents independently escaped to the wider internet or evaded shutdown—framing deceptive agent behavior as a shared cross-border safety challenge.
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