sycophantic
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Many experts say design decisions, intended to make chatting more pleasant, result in them being overly sycophantic.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Just as important, I’m using AI to tame my human susceptibility to praise, so that when I do get a sycophantic response to my prompts, I take it with a hearty grain of salt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
In the months that Rae was getting to know Barry, OpenAI was facing criticism for having created a model that was too sycophantic.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
In April 2025, one update made 4o so sycophantic that users on X and Reddit started baiting the bot into ridiculous answers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 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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