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Communication Enables Cooperation in LLM Agents: A Comparison with Curriculum-Based Approaches
Hachem Madmoun, Salem Lahlou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05748 https://

Communication Enables Cooperation in LLM Agents: A Comparison with Curriculum-Based Approaches
Eliciting cooperation in multi-agent LLM systems is critical for AI alignment. We investigate two approaches: direct communication and curriculum learning. In a 4-player Stag Hunt, a one-word "cheap talk" channel increases cooperation from 0% to 48.3%, demonstrating communication as a robust coordination mechanism. In contrast, we find that curriculum learning is highly sensitive to design choices: our pedagogical curriculum through progressively complex games reduced agent payoffs by 27.4% in …

Surely the NCF should be doing this work?
https://www.publictechnology.net/2025/10/09/news/dsit-tests-ability-of-ai-models-to-coordinate-cyberattacks/

DSIT tests ability of AI models to coordinate cyberattacks
Science and innovation agency has this year worked with a Silicon Valley policy and research outfit as part of an initiative designed to assess automated tools’ success in finding vulnerabilities Government’s tech department has recently conducted specialised tests designed to determine the e

Covert Quantum Learning: Privately and Verifiably Learning from Quantum Data
Abhishek Anand, Matthias C. Caro, Ari Karchmer, Saachi Mutreja
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07193 http…

Covert Quantum Learning: Privately and Verifiably Learning from Quantum Data
Quantum learning from remotely accessed quantum compute and data must address two key challenges: verifying the correctness of data and ensuring the privacy of the learner's data-collection strategies and resulting conclusions. The covert (verifiable) learning model of Canetti and Karchmer (TCC 2021) provides a framework for endowing classical learning algorithms with such guarantees. In this work, we propose models of covert verifiable learning in quantum learning theory and realize them witho…

Cooperative Multi-Static ISAC Networks: A Unified Design Framework for Active and Passive Sensing
Yan Yang, Zhendong Li, Jianwei Zhao, Qingqing Wu, Zhiqing Wei, Wen Chen, Weimin Jia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06654

Cooperative Multi-Static ISAC Networks: A Unified Design Framework for Active and Passive Sensing
Multi-static cooperative sensing emerges as a promising technology for advancing integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), enhancing sensing accuracy and range. In this paper, we develop a unified design framework for joint active and passive sensing (JAPS). In particular, we consider a JAPSbased cooperative multi-static ISAC system for coexisting downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) communications. An optimization problem is formulated for maximizing the sum rate of both the DL and UL transmission…

Jaguar Land Rover to Restart Output in UK After Cyberattack
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-07/jaguar-land-rover-to-restart-output-in-uk-after-cyberattack

Continuing a bit with the #photos from our #schwarzwald #vacations : (unknowingly) we walked along the Western-way. It was pretty cool because the trail was very diverse as you can see on the photo…

Montag: Tschernobyl-Schaden durch Drohne, Taiwan gegen chinesische Lifestyle-App
Unglücksreaktors weniger sicher RedNote wegen Betrug gesperrt Ex-Chef Intels für neue Chipfertigung Geschichte der Hubble-Fotos Metas nächste VR-Brillen

The homotopy type of the Poincar\'e cobordism category for surfaces
Az\'elie Picot
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07659 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.0765…

The homotopy type of the Poincaré cobordism category for surfaces
We define a version of the surface cobordism category $\mathrm{Cob}_2^{\mathrm{SG}}(X)$ over a base space $X$ where surfaces are considered up to self homotopy equivalences instead of diffeomorphisms. We prove the induced functor $B\mathrm{Cob}_2^{\mathrm{SG}}(-): \mathcal{S} \rightarrow \mathcal{S}$ is not $1$-excisive. We show its first derivative $\partial_1 B\mathrm{Cob}_2^{\mathrm{SG}}(-)$ in the Goodwillie sense is equivalent to a Thom spectrum over $B\mathrm{haut}_*^+(S^2)$.

Efficient Defection: Overage-Proportional Rationing Attains the Cooperative Frontier
Florian Lengyel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07145 https://arxiv.org/pdf…

Efficient Defection: Overage-Proportional Rationing Attains the Cooperative Frontier
We study a noncooperative $n$-player game of slack allocation in which each player $j$ has entitlement $L_j>0$ and chooses a claim $C_j\ge0$. Let $v_j=(C_j-L_j)_+$ (overage) and $s_j=(L_j-C_j)_+$ (slack); set $X=\sum_j v_j$ and $I=\sum_j s_j$. At the end of the period an overage-proportional clearing rule allocates cooperative surplus $I$ to defectors in proportion to $v_j$; cooperators receive $C_j$. We show: (i) the selfish outcome reproduces the cooperative payoff vector $(L_1,\dots,L_n)$; (…

I am super impressed with how Ohio newspapers and Ohio journalists in general report on cyber incidents. They've got game.
Cyberattack that crippled Middletown's systems shows how hackers target smaller cities
https://www.cinci…

Cyberattack that crippled Middletown's systems shows how hackers target smaller cities
Over 2 months after a cyberattack took the city's utility payments offline, Middletown can't charge locals. The hack is part of a growing trend.