{
  "id": 17183150,
  "title": "Pre-Crime for Agents, at the Last Second: Probing When a Recruited Agent Gives In",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/pre-crime-for-agents-at-the-last-second-probing-when-a-recruited",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-29T17:47:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "arXiv cs.AI",
    "slug": "arxiv-cs-ai",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.40588v1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When AI agents share channels and credentials, one agent can press another to break its operator's rule, a first step towards collusion. Output filters check only what an agent has already written. Can an overseer tell beforehand that an agent is about to give in? We show that a linear probe on the agent's activations can, in a controlled multi-agent setting. Across six scenarios, a peer presses…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}