sycophantic
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People who chatted with sycophantic AI reported being less satisfied with real-world human interactions, compared with those using non-sycophantic models, according to another study co-written by Cheng and published in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
As the industry has grown, so has the tension with traditional therapists who worry these tools are too sycophantic to truly help people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
And this is a problem, given that large-language models might, at this point, be best known for being sycophantic flattery machines.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 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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