New research suggests AI's tendency to validate users may encourage people to seek personal and mental health advice from ...

Constant validation and flattery from AI chatbots poses a serious risk to society and our shared grasp of reality, writes Arwa Mahdawi ...

When AI chatbots elaborate on ideas that you introduce, it can be helpful and engaging. But, for some, it can also worsen ...

LLMs are built to be helpful, but a growing body of research shows they have developed the habit of telling users what they want to hear.

Having your own “yes man” may sound great. But with artificial intelligence, researchers have warned that there could be more harm than good. Large language models are “sycophantic” or overly ...

OpenAI says it’ll make changes to the way it updates the AI models that power ChatGPT, following an incident that caused the platform to become overly sycophantic for many users. In a post on X last ...

Edward E. Jones’ 1964 Ingratiation: A Social Psychological Analysis offers an excellent general theory of sycophancy, or the act of currying the favor of someone important in order to gain an ...

Question: A recent sexual-harassment case in academe has inspired talk about how academic culture relies on sycophantic behavior from advisees that encourages all kinds of abuse, sexual and otherwise.

Is it not absurd to see decent, respectable men and women, including helpless youth singing and dancing in praise of a leader who has only succeeded in depriving his people in the name of leadership?