LLM agents overcome the machine penalty when acting fairly but not when acting selfishly or altruistically

Zhen Wang, Ruiqi Song, Chen Shen, Shiya Yin, Zhao Song, Balaraju Battu, Lei Shi, Danyang Jia, Talal Rahwan, Shuyue Hu

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10.1093/nsr/nwag223
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2026-04-16
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National Science Review
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/nsr/nwag223,
  title = {LLM agents overcome the machine penalty when acting fairly but not when acting selfishly or altruistically},
  author = {Zhen Wang and Ruiqi Song and Chen Shen and Shiya Yin and Zhao Song and Balaraju Battu and Lei Shi and Danyang Jia and Talal Rahwan and Shuyue Hu},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {National Science Review},
  doi = {10.1093/nsr/nwag223},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag223}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - LLM agents overcome the machine penalty when acting fairly but not when acting selfishly or altruistically
AU  - Zhen Wang
AU  - Ruiqi Song
AU  - Chen Shen
AU  - Shiya Yin
AU  - Zhao Song
AU  - Balaraju Battu
AU  - Lei Shi
AU  - Danyang Jia
AU  - Talal Rahwan
AU  - Shuyue Hu
PY  - 2026
JO  - National Science Review
DO  - 10.1093/nsr/nwag223
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag223
ER  - 

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Wang, Z., Song, R., Shen, C., Yin, S., Song, Z., Battu, B., Shi, L., Jia, D., Rahwan, T., & Hu, S. (2026). LLM agents overcome the machine penalty when acting fairly but not when acting selfishly or altruistically. National Science Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag223

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