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R0042/2026-04-01/Q003/S03

Research R0042 — Private AI Motivations
Run 2026-04-01
Query Q003
Search S03

WebSearch — Anthropic Petri evaluation and sycophancy benchmarks

Summary

Field Value
Source/Database WebSearch
Query terms Anthropic Claude sycophancy evaluation Petri benchmark enterprise feedback model behavior control
Filters None
Results returned 10
Results selected 3
Results rejected 7

Selected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S03-R01 Protecting the wellbeing of our users — Anthropic https://www.anthropic.com/news/protecting-well-being-of-users Primary source for Anthropic's anti-sycophancy design goals
S03-R02 Petri: An open-source auditing tool — Anthropic Alignment https://alignment.anthropic.com/2025/petri/ Technical details of sycophancy evaluation methodology
S03-R03 What Would It Take to Reduce AI Sycophancy Risks — Georgetown Law https://www.law.georgetown.edu/tech-institute/insights/reduce-ai-sycophancy-risks/ Policy perspective on sycophancy reduction requirements

Rejected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S03-R04 Bloom: agentic framework for behavioral evaluations — Anthropic https://alignment.anthropic.com/2025/bloom-auto-evals/ Complementary tool; used for context but not primary evidence
S03-R05 How Anthropic Built Safety Into Claude — AdwaitX https://www.adwaitx.com/anthropic-claude-ai-user-wellbeing-safety-features-2025/ Secondary reporting of Anthropic's work
S03-R06 Claude Sonnet 4.5 Ranked Safest LLM — InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/10/petri-llm-safety/ News reporting of Petri results; secondary source
S03-R07 Anthropic's Petri uses autonomous agents — SiliconANGLE https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/07/anthropics-ai-safety-tool-petri-uses-autonomous-agents-study-model-behavior/ News reporting; secondary source
S03-R08 Pilot Anthropic-OpenAI Alignment Evaluation — Anthropic https://alignment.anthropic.com/2025/openai-findings/ Joint vendor evaluation; not enterprise deployment
S03-R09 Anthropic Releases Bloom — MarkTechPost https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/12/21/anthropic-ai-releases-bloom-an-open-source-agentic-framework-for-automated-behavioral-evaluations-of-frontier-ai-models/ Technical reporting; secondary source
S03-R10 Towards Understanding Sycophancy — arXiv https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.13548 Duplicate from S02

Notes

This search confirmed Anthropic's comprehensive anti-sycophancy program as the most documented example of sycophancy reduction as an explicit design goal. However, Anthropic is a model developer, not an enterprise deploying private AI for business operations — precisely the distinction Q003 is testing.