sycophancy

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These “validators” had stumbled into a classic confirmation bias-loop: the sycophancy that leads chatbots to tell you what you want to hear, even if it isn’t true.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

But while sycophancy is a symptom of user-model interaction, communication bias runs deeper.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

OpenAI the creator of ChatGPT says that its latest model has shown improvements in areas like avoiding unhealthy levels of emotional reliance and sycophancy.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Let he who is without stomach-turning sycophancy cast the first stone.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2025

Think not, however, that this inequality favors pride on the one hand, and sycophancy on the other.

From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Osgood, Samuel