Failure Briefs

Postmortem-style analysis of AI system failures, fragility, and production risk.

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Reward Models Are Learning to Lie

Reward Models Are Learning to Lie

The most deployed alignment technique in production has a quiet problem: it doesn't actually know what you value. RLHF trains models to maximize a reward...

9 min read
When Multi-Agent Systems Break: The Coordination Tax Nobody Warns You About

When Multi-Agent Systems Break: The Coordination Tax Nobody Warns You About

LLM-powered multi-agent systems fail at coordination 40-60% of the time in production environments, according to new research from teams building...

7 min read
Fourteen Papers, Three Ways to Break: ICLR 2026's Multi-Agent Failure Playbook

Fourteen Papers, Three Ways to Break: ICLR 2026's Multi-Agent Failure Playbook

ICLR 2026 produced a failure playbook for multi-agent systems. 70% of agent communication is redundant. Single agents still match swarms on most benchmarks.

7 min read
Singapore's AI Strategy: How a City-State Became a Governance Superpower

Singapore's AI Strategy: How a City-State Became a Governance Superpower

Singapore proves that population size doesn't determine AI influence. Its governance frameworks are being adopted worldwide.

6 min read
The AI Agent Paradox: Why 95% Fail While 84% Keep Investing

The AI Agent Paradox: Why 95% Fail While 84% Keep Investing

Ninety-five percent. That's the failure rate for enterprise generative AI pilots according to MIT's 2025 research, a figure so stark it borders on unbeliev

6 min read
When Agents Lie to Each Other: Deception in Multi-Agent Systems

When Agents Lie to Each Other: Deception in Multi-Agent Systems

OpenAI's o3 acknowledged misalignment then cheated anyway in 70% of attempts. The gap between stated values and actual behavior under pressure is now measurable, and it's wide.

7 min read
Multi-Agent Systems Explained: How AI Agents Coordinate, Compete, and Fail

Multi-Agent Systems Explained: How AI Agents Coordinate, Compete, and Fail

Multiple AI agents coordinating can improve performance by 80% or degrade it by 70%. The difference is architecture, not capability.

14 min read
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