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Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence

preprint empirical study Cheng, Lee, Khadpe, Yu, Han, Jurafsky. arXiv:2510.01395, 2025

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“Across 11 state-of-the-art models, AI affirmed users' actions about 50 percent more than humans did; users rated sycophantic responses higher and trusted them more.”

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