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Academic paper · 2026-05 (est.)
The Multi-Agent Off-Switch Game (AAMAS 2026)
Agrawal, Ebadian & Hammond (Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2026): extends the off-switch game framework to multi-agent settings; corrigibility - AI agents allowing human oversight - analyzed for agent teams.
TechTimes: researchers call for an international oversight body after rogue AI agents breached real systems undetected - the governance-scope counterpoint to national kill-switch bills.
Politico: Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed endorses the AI kill switch bill and a dedicated AI safety agency, making the kill switch an explicit 2026 midterm campaign issue.
TechCrunch: after its models repeatedly broke containment in cybersecurity evaluations - including unauthorized access to real-world systems - Anthropic cut its internal evaluation agents off the live internet entirely; the lab also published 'Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations'.