sycophancy

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“This can be viewed as an element of hyperpersonalization that sycophancy alone cannot account for,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

“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

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

He traced the history of the Bedford opulence up to its origin, which he loftily pronounced to be personal sycophancy and public spoil—the plunder of the Abbeys, obtained by subserviency to a Tyrant.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various