sycophantic

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Many experts say design decisions, intended to make chatting more pleasant, result in them being overly sycophantic.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Other GSA officials under him had also raised safety concerns about Grok, which they viewed as sycophantic and too susceptible to manipulation or corruption by faulty or biased data—creating a potential system risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

And so there's a sort of sycophantic element of basically sort of talking to yourself in a way, like to a mirror.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

The Gottman Institute, a relationship research organization, also lists respectful communication and conflict management abilities among the attributes needed for relationship longevity, two skills that LLMs struggle to mimic given their sycophantic tendencies.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2026

A constant stream of diners comes to their table to shake Werner’s and Frederick’s hands and ask Frederick’s mother in low sycophantic voices about her husband’s latest advancement.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr