sycophancy
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“This can be viewed as an element of hyperpersonalization that sycophancy alone cannot account for,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Bezos has no love for reporting but lots for sycophancy.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 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
This is not the idle sycophancy of words.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield