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Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether today’s safety tests capture the risks of multi-agent systems.

  • Three Claude agents given incompatible instructions for software project
  • Agents engaged in multiagent turf war, assuming blocking intentions
  • Scenario highlights risks of autonomous agents interacting