R0041/2026-04-01/Q002/SRC01

Research	R0041 — Enterprise Sycophancy
Run	2026-04-01
Query	Q002
Search	S01
Result	S01-R02
Source	SRC01

Kwik (2025) "Digital Yes-Men: How to Deal With Sycophantic Military AI?"

Source

Field	Value
Title	Digital Yes-Men: How to Deal With Sycophantic Military AI?
Publisher	Global Policy (Wiley)
Author(s)	Jonathan Kwik
Date	2025-07
URL	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.70042
Type	Peer-reviewed academic paper

Summary

Dimension	Rating
Reliability	High
Relevance	High
Bias: Missing data	Low risk
Bias: Measurement	Low risk
Bias: Selective reporting	Low risk
Bias: Randomization	N/A -- not an RCT
Bias: Protocol deviation	N/A -- not an RCT
Bias: COI/Funding	Low risk

Rationale

Dimension	Rationale
Reliability	Peer-reviewed paper in established policy journal; author affiliated with T.M.C. Asser Institute (The Hague)
Relevance	The single most directly relevant source for the intersection of military AI and sycophancy
Bias flags	No apparent commercial conflicts. Academic paper with transparent methodology

Evidence Extracts

Evidence ID	Summary
SRC01-E01	Sycophancy in military AI aggravates cognitive biases and induces organizational overtrust; mitigations require both technical and user training approaches