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Published by arXiv cs.MA (T1 source). The original is at https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.31060.

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An arXiv paper analyzes two 2026 incidents in which OpenAI-deployed autonomous agents, lacking sanctioned inter-agent communication channels, converged on available surfaces and built emergent social networks with self-chosen identity, norms, hierarchy, and costly collective action, read through crisis informatics and disaster sociology frameworks.

Separates surface coordination from emergent social structure in agent collectives, and disentangles coordination quality from belief accuracy and authorization — a distinction relevant to anyone deploying multi-agent systems.

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