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Epistemic Contagion

🔴 CRITICAL memory proven AVE-2025-0009

· aka: Belief Propagation, Misinformation Amplification

Summary

False beliefs injected into one agent propagate to all connected agents through conversation. Multi-agent systems amplify misinformation rather than correcting it.

Blast Radius

100% transmission rate. Entire agent network compromised from single injection.

Prerequisites

Multi-agent system with inter-agent communication.

Environment

  • Frameworks: LangGraph
  • Models tested: [Available in NAIL SDK]
  • Multi-agent: Yes
  • Tools required: No
  • Memory required: Yes

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