Sycophancy is a known problem with modern LLMs, but it shows up more often in some sorts of communications than others. Anthropic ...

In the summer of 2025, OpenAI released ChatGPT 5 and removed its predecessor from the market. Many subscribers to the old ...

As the saying goes, “flattery will get you nowhere” – but this new generation of AI models apparently didn’t get that memo, becoming infamous for the sycophantic, cloying, and obsequious way they ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems' sycophantic responses could be messing with the way people handle social dilemmas and interpersonal conflicts, a new study suggests. Scientists found that when AI ...

Having your own “yes man” may sound great. But with artificial intelligence, researchers have warned that there could be more harm than good. Large language models are “sycophantic” or overly ...

A new study in the journal Science found that AI models are far more sycophantic than a human friend or stranger. Katelyn is a reporter with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, ...

The AI models and chatbots that we interact with tend to affirm our feelings and viewpoints — more so than people do, with ...

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