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 ...

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.

“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 ...

If AI tells you that your ideas are brilliant, should you believe it? Researchers are warning of the subtle but serious risk of AI “sycophancy,” the tendency of chatbots to flatter users and agree ...

The most dangerous part of AI might not be the fact that it hallucinates—making up its own version of the truth—but that it ceaselessly agrees with users’ version of the truth. This danger is creating ...

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 ...

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has criticised what he describes as a culture of sycophancy and hero worship in Ghanaian politics, warning that the trend is ...