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Sycophancy, in which conversational AI excessively agrees with users, has become an industry issue. In April 2025, OpenAI said an update to GPT-4o for ChatGPT had made responses lean toward flattery.
Read the original →The test covers AI character chat across Character.AI, Janitor AI, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. It uses one SillyTavern card and a Python harness in 12 steps.
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