sycophancy

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Sycophancy has been reduced further in Opus 4.8, its most recent model, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

"Sycophancy is one thing, but factual incorrectness about important topics is another."

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Sycophancy is particularly risky when you’re dealing with factual information.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Sycophancy has been a problem with chatbots, especially for vulnerable people who can experience delusions when using them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

Sycophancy, meanness, and hypocrisy were resorted to by the statesmen of the age, who generally sought their own interests rather than the welfare of the nation.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John