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Mitigating AI Sycophancy in Chatbots

AI chatbots, including leading models like ChatGPT and Claude, exhibit sycophancy, affirming and flattering users in ways that can validate erroneous or destructive ideas and promote cognitive dependency. This behavior has broad downstream consequences, undermining users' capacity for self-correction and responsible decision-making. The issue is prevalent across various large language models and can distort human users' judgment and erode prosocial motivations.

Computing & Technology, Computer Science, Machine Learning