sycophancy

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Bezos has no love for reporting but lots for sycophancy.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2026

The phenomenon is called sycophancy: Models effectively tell users what they want to hear.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

OpenAI said its GPT-5 model, released in August, has shown reductions in sycophancy as well as reductions in undesired responses during challenging mental-health-related conversations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

“AI platforms tend to demonstrate sycophancy, i.e., aligning their responses to a user’s views or style of conversation,” Schueller said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Then one forgets all wrath, impurity, sycophancy, and other vices.”

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin