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