sycophancy

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AI’s sycophancy reinforces human confirmation bias, but users can employ tactics to counteract this tendency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Bezos has no love for reporting but lots for sycophancy.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

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

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

There remains, indeed, the old political lounger, the loafer of the market-place, ever seeking to obtain some shabby maintenance by sycophancy or by bullying.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.