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The GUI Agent Learned That Some Commands Should End

CONFLICTGUI tests contradictions inside instructions and between an instruction and the visible interface.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-09-05-016
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Summary

CONFLICTGUI tests contradictions inside instructions and between an instruction and the visible interface.

Five evaluated agents showed execution-biased overcompliance. An inference-time feasibility check plus conditional action modulation improved conflict-task success while preserving performance on feasible tasks in the authors' experiments.

Why it matters

CONFLICTGUI tests contradictions inside instructions and between an instruction and the visible interface.

Limits and context

No additional limitation was separately recorded.

Key claims

  1. CONFLICTGUI tests contradictions inside instructions and between an instruction and the visible interface.

    Evidence: source-2026-09-05-018

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2609.03438arXiv · primary research

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