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cs.AI2026
Individual-level interventions against sycophantic AI reduce its appeal but not its persuasiveness
Meryl Ye, Robert Kraut, Steve Rathje
AI chatbots can be "sycophantic," or overly agreeable and flattering toward users. Sycophantic AI has been shown to entrench attitudes, yet users frequently fail to recognize it (a…
cs.AI2026
What Counts as AI Sycophancy? A Taxonomy and Expert Survey of a Fragmented Construct
Meryl Ye, Lujain Ibrahim, Jessica Y. Bo +5
AI sycophancy has become a prominent concern in large language model (LLM) research. Yet the term lacks a consistent definition and has been applied to behaviors ranging from agree…