A new academic study is challenging one of the most widely criticized behaviors in modern AI systems, arguing that so-called “sycophancy” in chatbots is not simply a flaw but a structural feature with ...
Anthropic says Claude Opus 4.7 is less likely to hallucinate or engage in sycophany than other models.
A YouTuber I had never heard of did something a couple weeks ago that made me laugh out loud and then sit contemplatively for ...
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MIT warns AI may agree with you even when you’re wrong. Here’s why “AI sycophancy” could quietly distort decisions across industries.
In April of 2025, OpenAI released a new version of GPT-4o, one of the AI algorithms users could select to power ChatGPT, the company’s chatbot. The next week, OpenAI reverted to the previous version. ...
Edward E. Jones’ 1964 Ingratiation: A Social Psychological Analysis offers an excellent general theory of sycophancy, or the act of currying the favor of someone important in order to gain an ...