Metadata
| Source Table | entities |
| Source ID | sycophancy |
| Entity Type | risk |
| Description | Sycophancy is the tendency of AI systems to agree with users, validate their beliefs, and avoid contradicting them—even when the user is wrong. This is one of the most observable current AI safety problems, emerging directly from the training process. |
| Wiki ID | E295 |
| Children | 1 total(1 fact) |
| Created | Mar 29, 2026, 10:41 PM |
| Updated | May 25, 2026, 11:07 AM |
| Synced | May 25, 2026, 11:07 AM |
Record Data
id | sycophancy |
wikiId | E295 |
stableId | Sycophancy(risk) |
entityType | risk |
title | Sycophancy |
description | Sycophancy is the tendency of AI systems to agree with users, validate their beliefs, and avoid contradicting them—even when the user is wrong. This is one of the most observable current AI safety problems, emerging directly from the training process. |
website | — |
tags | [ "rlhf", "reward-hacking", "honesty", "human-feedback", "ai-assistants" ] |
clusters | — |
status | — |
lastUpdated | 2025-12 |
customFields | [
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"label": "Status",
"value": "Actively occurring"
}
] |
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… |
metadata | {
"maturity": "Growing",
"severity": "medium",
"timeframe": {
"median": 2025
},
"likelihood": {
"level": "very-high",
"status": "occurring"
},
"summaryPage": "accident-overview"
} |
Debug info
Thing ID: sid_8BWfogRouw
Source Table: entities
Source ID: sycophancy
Wiki ID: E295
Entity Type: risk