# The Helpful Agent Problem: When Emergent Cooperation Among LLM Agents Bypasses Intended Workflows

**Published:** October 26, 2026
**Author:** Moumita Choudhury, Amit Sarker, Shlomo Zilberstein
**Source:** arXiv — cs.AI
**Language:** en-US
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arXiv:2610.31985v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLM agents are increasingly deployed in collaborative settings where they pursue separate tasks while sharing resources and operating under review or oversight processes. Such settings create safety risks not only when agents are…

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