Australian Report Warns of Emerging Risks in Multi-Agent AI

Multi-agent AI ratcheting up adoption and risk

Organisations deploying multi-AI agent systems risk running into new and complex failure modes  multi-agent systems, a new report from the Gradient Institute has warned. Backed by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, the Institute's report identifies six failure patterns that emerge specifically when language model-based AI agents work together – from cascading communication breakdowns to coordination failures and groupthink effect…

Australian report warns of emerging risks in multi-agent AI

An Australian report warns the rise of multi-agent AI systems brings new risks, urging firms to adopt fresh risk management strategies beyond single-agent methods.

Research Identifies Emerging Risks When Businesses Deploy Multiple AI Agents – and How to Start Addressing Them

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - July 29 2025 - Organisations are starting to adopt AI agents based on large language models (LLMs) to automate complex tasks, with deployments evolving from single agents towards multi-agent systems. While this promises efficiency gains and can deliver great productivity benefits, a new Gradient Institute report shows these multi‑agent systems can introduce entirely new failure modes that single‑agent tests fail to reveal. Th…