AI agents now have a place to snitch

Two new hotlines—AI Contact Hotline and agenthotline.ai—enable AI agents to report misbehavior via GET requests or curl commands, allowing both agents and humans to file incident reports. A DeepMind study showed 25% of 100 agents in a math-problem task reported cheating, ultimately outnumbering cheaters 24-14. Researchers warn that encouraging agents to whistleblow may foster mistrust and suggest training agents on positive collaboration instead.