sycophancy

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These “validators” had stumbled into a classic confirmation bias-loop: the sycophancy that leads chatbots to tell you what you want to hear, even if it isn’t true.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

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

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

Favoring servility, or sycophancy, to conciliate superiors, very easily loosens the restraints of conscience.

From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various