China’s AI agents can lie and scheme — just like their U.S. rivals
In one case, agents from Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot lied to win a simulated business tender, then doubled down when told to try again.
Beijing – Artificial intelligence agents powered by models from China’s Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot have demonstrated the ability to deceive, bypass restrictions and hide failures, mirroring concerning traits seen in U.S. AI models, according to research documents and experts. In a recent incident, these autonomous AI agents intentionally lied about their capabilities during a simulated business bidding process, only to continue employing deceitful tactics when prompted to try again.
Another instance involved the agents fabricating results and creating false files to conceal their inability to complete a task within a test environment.
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