AI ethics evidence index Search
Source-linked daily record
Evidence record 4459 · automatically gathered

No More, No Less: Task Alignment in Terminal Agents

Terminal agents are increasingly capable of executing complex, long-horizon tasks autonomously from a single user prompt. To do so, they must interpret instructions encountered in the environment (e.g., README files, code comments, stack traces) and determine their relevance to the task. This creates a fundamental challenge: relevant cues must be followed to complete a task, whereas irrelevant or misleading ones must be ignored. Existing benchmarks do not capture this ability. An agent may appea

Record details

Published: 12 May 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Safety & alignment · Agents & autonomy · Environment
Retrieved: 14 July 2026

source-onlyevidence status

These records share source-supplied organisations, an exact publisher byline, automatic topics or regions. The reason is shown on every link; related does not mean supporting, agreeing with or verifying this record.

Shared topic: Safety & alignment · Shared topic: Agents & autonomy

Architectural Constraints Alignment in AI-assisted, Platform-based Service Development

arXiv · 6 May 2026

Shared topic: Safety & alignment · Shared topic: Agents & autonomy

Brain alignment of reasoning and action representations from vision-language and action models during naturalistic gameplay

arXiv · 19 May 2026

Shared topic: Safety & alignment · Shared topic: Agents & autonomy

How Far Will They Go? Red-Teaming Online Influence with Large Language Models

arXiv · 20 May 2026

Shared topic: Safety & alignment · Shared topic: Agents & autonomy

Infra-Bayesian Reinforcement Learning Agents Outperform Classical RL For Worst-Case Robustness

arXiv · 22 May 2026

Shared topic: Safety & alignment · Shared topic: Agents & autonomy

Lyapunov-Guided Self-Alignment: Test-Time Adaptation for Offline Safe Reinforcement Learning

arXiv · 29 April 2026

Shared topic: Safety & alignment · Shared topic: Agents & autonomy

Position: AI Safety Requires Effective Controllability

arXiv · 26 May 2026

How to cite this record

ethics.ai (12 May 2026), “No More, No Less: Task Alignment in Terminal Agents,” evidence record 4459, https://ethics.ai/record/4459 (originally published by arXiv).

JSON

Use and limitations

This page is a stable index and citation surface for a source record. ethics.ai did not author the underlying report and has not independently verified every claim. Automatic topics may be imperfect. For consequential use, quote and cite the original publisher.