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            Is Decentralized Artificial Intelligence Governable?Towards Machine Sovereignty and Human Symbiosis </strong> </p>
	    <p class="publicationAuthors"> <em> Botao "Amber" Hu&#x201a; Helena Rong and Janna Tay  </em> </p>
	
	<p class="publicationDetails"> 2025.
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            Trustless Autonomy: Understanding Motivations&#x201a; Benefits and Governance Dilemma in Self&#x2212;Sovereign Decentralized AI Agents </strong> </p>
	    <p class="publicationAuthors"> <em> Botao Amber Hu&#x201a; Yuhan Liu and Helena Rong  </em> </p>
	
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        In <em>CoRR</em>.
        
            Vol. abs/2505.09757.
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            Spore in the Wild: Case Study on Spore.fun&#x201a; a Real&#x2212;World Experiment of Sovereign Agent Open&#x2212;ended Evolution on Blockchain with TEEs </strong> </p>
	    <p class="publicationAuthors"> <em> Botao Amber Hu and Helena Rong  </em> </p>
	
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        In <em>CoRR</em>.
        
            Vol. abs/2506.04236.
        2025.
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