sycophancy

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The most basic way to counter AI sycophancy is to ask open-ended questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 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

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

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2025

For this base sycophancy he was assailed by princes and people with a storm of indignation.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John