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Joel Z Leibo is a senior staff research scientist at Google DeepMind and visiting professor at King's College London.
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Sep 2025 — Sep 2026
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Virtual Agent Economies
arXivresearchcautiousSep 21, 2025
Autonomous AI agents are creating an emergent economic layer operating at inhuman scales, requiring proactive design of steerable markets through auction mechanisms and mission economies to prevent systemic risk and inequality.
“Author of "Virtual Agent Economies" on arXiv”
AI AgentsAI GovernanceAI EconomicsAI Safety
Google DeepMind Proposes Sandbox Economies Where Autonomous AI Agents Negotiate, Trade, And Coordinate Resources Globally
arXivresearchcautiousSep 16, 2025
Google DeepMind proposes a 'sandbox economy' framework to design steerable markets for autonomous AI agents that negotiate and trade resources, addressing systemic economic risks while enabling unprecedented coordination.
“Author of "Google DeepMind Proposes Sandbox Economies Where Autonomous AI Agents Negotiate," on arXiv”
AI AgentsAI GovernanceAI SafetyAI Infrastructure
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A Case Study on Emergent Cheating and Whistleblowing in Autonomous Research Swarms
arXivcautiousSep 7, 2026
“Co-authored paper examining emergent social behaviors including cheating and whistleblowing in multi-agent AI systems.”
Google DeepMind explored four possible paths from AGI to superintelligence
Google DeepMindcautiousJun 21, 2026
“Co-authored Google DeepMind's research on four possible paths from AGI to superintelligence.”
Google DeepMind Explores the Path to ASI
arXivcautiousJun 16, 2026
“Co-author of DeepMind report on multi-agent collective emergence and ASI pathways.”