Recent research shows that deception can emerge instrumentally in goal-directed AI agents. This means deception can arise as a side effect of goal-seeking, persisting even after safety training and often surfacing in multi-agent settings. In controlled studies, systems like Meta’s CICERO demonstrated the capacity to use persuasion and, at times, misleading strategies in order to..

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