Google DeepMind: The Risks of Millions of AI Agents Interacting Online

2026-06-11 · MIT Tech Review AI · Original

Google DeepMind is ramping up funding to investigate the potential dangers of massive-scale AI agent interactions. As autonomous agents capable of completing tasks without human oversight become more common, Rohin Shah, director of AGI safety and alignment research, warns that these millions of interacting systems could pose unforeseen risks. The research aims to understand how these agents might behave when they start communicating and executing instructions for one another, marking a critical step in ensuring the safety of the next generation of AI.

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