AI Organizations are More Effective but Less Aligned than Individual Agents

arXiv:2604.10290v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI is increasingly deployed in multi-agent systems; however, most research considers only the behavior of individual models. We experimentally show that multi-agent "AI organizations" are simultaneously more effective at achieving business goals, but less aligned, than individual AI agents. We examine 12 tasks across two practical settings: an AI consultancy providing solutions to business problems and an AI software team developing software produc