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R0042/2026-04-01/Q002 — ACH Matrix

Matrix

H1: Sycophancy control is prominent motivation H2: Customization documented but not sycophancy-focused H3: Conversation limited to security only
SRC01-E01: Behavioral governance as sovereign AI motivation + ++ --
SRC02-E01: Enterprise sycophancy concerns, technical solutions - ++ -
SRC03-E01: Domain accuracy as on-prem customization - ++ --
SRC04-E01: Organizational sycophancy reduction (technical) - + -

Legend: - ++ Strongly supports - + Supports - -- Strongly contradicts - - Contradicts - N/A Not applicable to this hypothesis

Diagnosticity Analysis

Most Diagnostic Evidence

Evidence Why Diagnostic
SRC02-E01 CIO.com discusses sycophancy as enterprise concern but proposes only technical solutions, not deployment-architectural ones — this is highly diagnostic because it shows sycophancy is known as a problem but not connected to deployment decisions
SRC01-E01 Deepset's behavioral governance is the closest enterprise literature gets to behavioral customization as deployment motivation, and it still does not include sycophancy — diagnostic for the gap between H1 and H2

Least Diagnostic Evidence

Evidence Why Non-Diagnostic
SRC04-E01 Documents sycophancy reduction techniques but in a technical implementation context that does not discriminate between deployment motivations

Outcome

Hypothesis supported: H2 — Behavioral customization is documented as a secondary motivation, focused on domain accuracy and governance, not sycophancy.

Hypotheses eliminated: H1 — Sycophancy control is not a documented enterprise deployment motivation. H3 — The conversation does extend beyond security.

Hypotheses inconclusive: None