AI RESEARCH

When Individually Calibrated Models Become Collectively Miscalibrated

arXiv CS.AI

ArXi:2605.18858v1 Announce Type: cross Probabilistic prediction systems often aggregate probability estimates from multiple models into a single decision. A common assumption is that if each model is individually calibrated, the aggregate prediction will also be well calibrated. We show that this assumption fails in multi-agent settings: individually calibrated predictors can become collectively miscalibrated when their predictions interact strategically, in the game-theoretic sense of Brier-optimal local response, even without deliberate coordination.