Mary Trump suggested that her uncle, President Donald Trump, ordered a missile attack on Iran in part because he was still smarting from being called “TACO” by critics.

AI chatbots are going overboard with flattery. Maybe they’ve learned from Trump’s team.

A growing number of reports link OpenAI's ChatGPT to severe mental health crises, including cases of psychosis and delusion ...

Before users get too comfortable OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic are working to rein in a growing problem with their ...

Experts warn that the agreeable nature of chatbots can lead them to offering answers that reinforce some of their human users ...

A new benchmark called Elephant that measures the sycophantic tendencies of major AI models could help companies avoid these issues in the future. But just knowing when models are sycophantic isn ...

The new benchmark, called Elephant, makes it easier to spot when AI models are being overly sycophantic—but there’s no current fix. Back in April, OpenAI announced it was rolling back an ...

Research has examined the dangers of sycophantic behaviour in the workplace, finding it reduces peer respect and morale, and leads to dissonance and lower productivity. Other research has shown that ...

Since the start of his second term in office, US president Donald Trump has cultivated a political atmosphere that discourages freedom of thought. He also actively villainises and punishes any ...

A new benchmark can test how much LLMs become sycophants, and found that GPT-4o was the most sycophantic of the models tested.

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. OpenAI’s explanation about the ChatGPT update suggests that the company can effectively adjust some dials and turn down the sycophancy. But even if that ...

OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes of the chatbot showering them with over-the-top praise. When CNN’s Anna ...