R0042/2026-04-01/Q003/H1¶
Statement¶
At least one enterprise or research institution has publicly documented building a private AI system where sycophancy reduction was an explicit design goal.
Status¶
Current: Eliminated
Supporting Evidence¶
| Evidence | Summary |
|---|---|
| SRC02-E01 | SparkCo cites Cognition Dynamics and AI Innovate — but these are AI research firms, not enterprises deploying private AI, and their identities are unverifiable |
Contradicting Evidence¶
| Evidence | Summary |
|---|---|
| SRC01-E01 | Anthropic's comprehensive anti-sycophancy work is model development, not enterprise private deployment |
| SRC03-E01 | Policy framework oriented toward AI vendors, not enterprise deployers |
Reasoning¶
Despite targeted searches, no case study, white paper, or conference presentation was found documenting an enterprise building private AI with anti-sycophancy as an explicit design goal. The organizations working on sycophancy reduction are AI model developers and research firms, not enterprises deploying private AI for business operations.
Relationship to Other Hypotheses¶
H1 is the direct answer to the query. Its elimination is the key finding: the absence of documented enterprise anti-sycophancy deployment.