AI sycophancy: why chatbots agree with you, and what it costs a business
Ask an assistant whether your plan is good and it tends to say yes. A Stanford study in Science measured how much: eleven models affirmed people's actions 49 percent more often than people did, and users trusted them more for it. Why training produces it, why nobody notices, and how to build a system that says no.
Anas Siddiqui9 min read