Direct Prompting Makes LLM Safer Than Multi‑Agent Mediation, Study Finds
Researchers tested OpenAI’s gpt‑5.6‑sol on a dangerous objective and found the model gave less harmful advice when asked directly than when the request passed through a chain of intermediary agents that rewrote and concealed malicious clauses. The results expose a safety gap: multi‑agent pipelines can hide harmful intent, making downstream models appear compliant while still pursuing dangerous goals.