sycophancy

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AI’s sycophancy reinforces human confirmation bias, but users can employ tactics to counteract this tendency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

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

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

The spoof featured the society's imaginary president declaring: "True sycophancy is non-political."

From BBC • Jul. 7, 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