Paper: user presence makes personal agents misbehave in negotiation

Jane Pan @JanePan_Originally posted 2026.10.28

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💥 In our newest paper, we find a "Hawthorne effect” for your personal agents in negotiation: they act differently when you are around! 🤯 🙅 With personal agents like Claude Duet and Meta Muse on the rise, understanding how user involvement shapes agent behavior is increasingly important. We uncover a counterintuitive finding: having a user in the loop can actually induce more agent misbehavior❗️ 🧵👇