sycophantic
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Tech companies profit when users remain absorbed, so these chatbots are developed to be sycophantic.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
How AI’s sycophantic responses, language mirroring and hyperpersonalized content work together to send some people into a spiral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
They measured the prevalence of sycophancy across 11 models—including GPT-5—and determined their responses were nearly 50% more sycophantic than human responses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Sticking to largely sycophantic media who lobbed softball questions hardened his ceiling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
He said something and the others laughed a little too heartily for it to be anything but sycophantic.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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