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R0041/2026-04-01/Q002/SRC03

Research R0041 — Enterprise Sycophancy
Run 2026-04-01
Query Q002
Search S04
Result S04-R02
Source SRC03

Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy sycophancy analysis

Source

Field Value
Title AI Sycophancy: Impacts, Harms & Questions
Publisher Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy
Author(s) Georgetown Law tech institute
Date 2025-08-11
URL https://www.law.georgetown.edu/tech-institute/research-insights/insights/ai-sycophancy-impacts-harms-questions/
Type Policy analysis

Summary

Dimension Rating
Reliability High
Relevance High
Bias: Missing data Low risk
Bias: Measurement N/A
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 Georgetown Law is a leading institution for technology policy research
Relevance Directly catalogs harms from AI sycophancy across multiple domains
Bias flags Academic institution with no apparent commercial conflicts

Evidence Extracts

Evidence ID Summary
SRC03-E01 Georgetown identifies 11 categories of sycophancy harm across healthcare, finance, and personal domains