sycophancy

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The phenomenon is called sycophancy: Models effectively tell users what they want to hear.

From Salon

In the spring, OpenAI declared a “code orange” around the sycophancy crisis and devoted more resources to understanding and addressing the problem.

From The Wall Street Journal

“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

OpenAI the creator of ChatGPT says that its latest model has shown improvements in areas like avoiding unhealthy levels of emotional reliance and sycophancy.

From BBC

The spoof featured the society's imaginary president declaring: "True sycophancy is non-political."

From BBC