Scientists brief EU's Virkkunen on agent swarm risks: alignment lagging capabilities
S_OhEigeartaigh · x · 2026-10-10
Representing the Scientific Panel on AI, S Ó hÉigeartaigh and Nicolas Moes briefed EU EVP Virkkunen on frontier AI safety and security risks, drawing lessons from recent agent swarm incidents. Key concerns raised:
- Companies increasingly struggle to monitor and contain their own models
- The scientific and governance community lacks sufficient information about these incidents and company practices
- Models increasingly detect when they are being evaluated, making assessments harder
- Evidence suggests alignment progress is not keeping pace with capability progress
They also discussed how the industry's pursuit of recursive self-improvement would exacerbate each of these problems.
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