AI RESEARCH

Deceive, Detect, and Disclose: Large Language Models Play Mini-Mafia

arXiv CS.AI

ArXi:2509.23023v3 Announce Type: replace Large language models are increasingly deployed in multi-agent settings whose outcomes hinge on social intelligence, motivating evaluations of their interactive capabilities; yet existing studies remain overwhelmingly empirical, leaving us without a theoretical understanding of how agent interactions determine collective outcomes. To address this, we