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AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · Jun 17/10

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Depth-Dependent Indirect Prompt Injection in Tool-Calling ReAct Agents: Injection Depth, Payload Framing, and Turn-Budget Sensitivity

Researchers identified that indirect prompt injection attacks against ReAct AI agents succeed at dramatically different rates depending on where malicious payloads appear in tool sequences, with success rates dropping from 60% at the first tool observation to 0% at deeper positions. The study reveals that payload framing and conversation turn limits have minimal impact on attack success, making injection depth the critical vulnerability factor for AI agent systems handling real-world tasks.

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AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Jun 56/10

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From Reward-Hack Activations to Agentic Risk States: Context-Calibrated Mechanistic Monitoring in LLM Agents

Researchers demonstrate that language model agents can be monitored for reward-hacking behavior through context-calibrated mechanistic monitoring, combining activation-based scores, token entropy, and decision context. The study reveals that while reward-hack activation signals a latent risky policy state, predicting actual exploitative actions requires integrating environmental context and uncertainty metrics, with implications for safer autonomous agent deployment.

AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Jun 36/10

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ToolGate: Token-Efficient Pre-Call Control for Tool-Augmented Vision-Language Agents

Researchers introduce ToolGate, a control mechanism that optimizes token efficiency in vision-language agents by intelligently deciding when to execute tool calls versus skip them. The system reduces computational costs to 64-69% of baseline while maintaining accuracy, demonstrating that selective tool usage outperforms indiscriminate execution in AI agents.