The Energy Society: A Simulation Environment for Studying Agent Cooperation under Survival Pressure

This paper introduces The Energy Society, a simulation environment where LLM agents spend energy to generate tokens, regain energy through jobs or donations, and face survival pressure under competitive or cooperative incentives.

June 2026 · L. B. Hansen, F. Torrielli, F. Tonini, L. G. Poech

The Arbiter Agent: Continually Monitoring Multi-Agent Conversations to Detect Emergent Misalignment

This paper introduces the Arbiter, an agent that monitors multi-agent conversations under an inspection budget and uses active inspection tools to detect misaligned agents earlier and more accurately.

June 2026 · F. Tonini, F. Torrielli, A. D. Lautrup, P. Schneider-Kamp, M. M. Çelikok, L. G. Poech