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 ...

If we do not address AI's sycophancy problem, we risk AI becoming "a giant mirror to our illusions." ...

“The most common way users interact with AI is through chatbots, which mimic natural human conversations and are designed to be agreeable and flattering, sometimes to the point of sycophancy.” “So ...

Once upon a time, two villagers visited the fabled Mullah Nasreddin. They hoped that the Sufi philosopher, famed for his acerbic wisdom, could mediate a dispute that had driven a wedge between them.

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

It’s not exactly news that foreign leaders – much like their counterparts in the United States – have concluded that flattery is a necessary prerequisite to doing business with President Donald Trump.

What happens when artificial intelligence becomes too eager to please? Imagine asking an AI for advice, only to realize later that its response was more about agreeing with you than offering accurate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leading artificial intelligence models from the United States and China are "highly sycophantic", and their excessive flattery may ...

As part of today's GPT-5 announcement, OpenAI also revealed that it's bringing four new personality options to ChatGPT. On Thursday, OpenAI revealed its newest foundational large-language model, GPT-5 ...

Justin Amash, a former Republican member of the House from Michigan, slammed President Donald Trump and his Cabinet after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem flubbed a basic question about the ...