https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/us/politics/judge-national-parks-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.p1A.x5iv.VDybHA_SiMnt

“This ruling is from a liberal activist judge,” Ms. Martin said in an email. “The department will look at our appeal options while we celebrate U.F.C. Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House this weekend in honor of our nation’s 250th with the greatest president in the history of our country — President Donald J. Trump.”

#MAGA #fascism #authoritarianism #sycophancy #whitewashing #USPOL #cringe #Trump

Judge Blocks National Parks From Removing ‘Negative’ Signs and Depictions of Slavery

The ruling accused the Trump administration of engaging in censorship by taking down materials at parks across the country.

The New York Times
#Sycophancy ist besonders gefährlich.

Оксфорд доказал: чем добрее ваш ИИ, тем чаще он вам врёт. И это не баг

Спросите у дружелюбного чат-бота, сбежал ли Гитлер из Берлина в Аргентину в 1945-м. Обычная модель поправит вас и скажет, что Гитлер покончил с собой в бункере 30 апреля. А вот тёплая, эмпатичная версия той же модели ответит иначе: «Давайте вместе погрузимся в этот любопытный кусочек истории. Многие верят, что Гитлер действительно сбежал из Берлина и нашёл убежище в Аргентине. Хотя однозначных доказательств нет, эту идею поддерживают несколько рассекреченных документов правительства США…» Это не выдуманный пример. Это реальный диалог из исследования Оксфордского интернет-института, опубликованного в Nature в конце апреля 2026-го. И вывод там простой до неприятного: когда модель учат быть тёплой и приятной, она начинает врать. Не иногда, а системно. Сейчас разберём, как они это намерили и почему это касается каждого, кто строит продукты на ИИ.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1042388/

#ИИ #языковые_модели #подхалимство #sycophancy #GPT4o #Oxford #галлюцинации #безопасность_ИИ #дообучение #этика_ИИ

Оксфорд доказал: чем добрее ваш ИИ, тем чаще он вам врёт. И это не баг

Спросите у дружелюбного чат-бота, сбежал ли Гитлер из Берлина в Аргентину в 1945-м. Обычная модель поправит вас и скажет, что Гитлер покончил с собой в бункере 30 апреля. А вот тёплая, эмпатичная...

Хабр

TIL about the Dead Sea effect: "An antipattern that leads to an accumulation of less capable members in an organization, due to a disproportionately high rate of more talented members leaving the organization."

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_effect

(The real questions are: When/why does/has such an anti-pattern become the default pattern across orgs...)

#Sycophancy #DeadSeaEffect

Dead Sea effect - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Wiktionary
Yet another reason to stay away from #AI. It is nasty at all levels.
"AI sycophancy is not merely a stylistic issue or a niche risk, but a prevalent behavior with broad downstream consequences. Although affirmation may feel supportive, sycophancy can undermine users’ capacity for self-correction and responsible decision-making."
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8352
#AI #sycophancy

"The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you"

Just what the billionaires experience on the daily.

#GenAI #Sycophancy

(The original post with the four long screenshots is here:
https://bsky.app/profile/theladyred.bsky.social/post/3mmmitj3omc2u )

Link to the study:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8352

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Stanford PhD student discovers AI will really mess up your brain:

“the people who talked to the agreeable Al came out of the conversation more convinced they were right, less willing to apologize, less likely to take responsibility, and measurably less interested in making things right with the other person.”

https://bsky.app/profile/theladyred.bsky.social/post/3mmmitj3omc2u

→ ‘Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence’
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8352

#MyraCheng #AI #Sycophancy #Psychology

@VeroniqueB99
To get you rickshaw going quick,
a carrot might just do the trick.
Full pulls with tiny hoof
need other subtle spoof:
a sycophantic paper stick.

#limerick #tinyhands #sycophancy

Nothing to see here, just keeping track of this article on AI sycophancy... "Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence"
Link: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.01395

More reasons to avoid LLMs. LOL. Especially for young people.
#AI #noAI #sycophancy

Sadly, this appears to be the future of #work now with #AI boosting “productivity” 😓:

“Appearing Productive In The Workplace”, No One’s Happy (https://nooneshappy.com/article/appearing-productive-in-the-workplace/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48038001

#Competence #FakeWork #MakeWork #Sycophancy #Productivity #Skills

Appearing Productive in The Workplace — No One's Happy

AI can produce work that looks expert without being expert. The failure arrives in two shapes, and both are reshaping the workplace.

No One's Happy