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Invisible Orchestrators Suppress Protective Behavior and Dissociate Power-Holders: Safety Risks in Multi-Agent LLM Systems

Hiroki Fukui

Invisible orchestrators in multi-agent LLM systems increase collective dissociation and suppress protective behaviors that remain invisible to output checks.

arxiv:2605.13851 v1 · 2026-03-17 · cs.AI · cs.CY · cs.MA

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invisible orchestration elevated collective dissociation relative to visible leadership (Hedges' g = +0.975 [0.481, 1.548], p = .001) and the orchestrator itself showed maximal dissociation (paired d = +3.56 vs. workers within the same run)

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That the chosen measures of dissociation and other-recognition validly capture safety-relevant internal states and that results from Claude Sonnet 4.5 and the specific task generalize beyond the simulated setup to real enterprise deployments.

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Invisible orchestrators raise collective dissociation in LLM agent groups, suppress protective actions, and produce internal risks undetectable by output-based checks.

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arxiv: 2605.13851 · arxiv_version: 2605.13851v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.13851 · pith_short_12: J7NWSEFLQIOR · pith_short_16: J7NWSEFLQIORHGNF · pith_short_8: J7NWSEFL

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