We present optimized multi-agent attacks where agents distribute attack fragments so that each trajectory appears benign. Monitors reading one trajectory at a time, or reviewing all agents' trajectories together, mostly miss them. We introduce multi-agent control environments along with a collection of human-crafted distributed attacks that reliably appear benign to frontier-level monitors.
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This can help in understanding complex attacks involving multiple agents and developing effective control measures.
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