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R0043/2026-04-01/Q001/S04

Research R0043 — Sycophancy Vocabulary
Run 2026-04-01
Query Q001
Search S04

WebSearch — Financial services, aviation, and UX terminology (combined search across remaining domains)

Summary

Field Value
Source/Database WebSearch (3 queries combined)
Query terms (1) financial services AI model risk management sycophancy; (2) aviation FAA automation bias complacency human factors; (3) UX product design AI agreeableness user satisfaction over accuracy
Filters None
Results returned 30 (10 per query)
Results selected 3
Results rejected 27

Selected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S04-R01 The Yes-Machine Problem - Web And IT News https://www.webanditnews.com/2026/03/28/the-yes-machine-problem-how-sycophantic-ai-is-becoming-a-safety-crisis-nobody-wants-to-talk-about/ Cross-domain vocabulary analysis with explicit terminology gap identification
S04-R02 Human Factors Requirements for Human-AI Teaming in Aviation https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7590/5/2/42 Aviation-specific terminology noting inadequacy of blanket terms
S04-R03 FAA Safety Briefing: Just a Bit Biased https://medium.com/faa/just-a-bit-biased-d3cacdb9330b FAA's own framing of automation bias

Rejected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S04-R04 From compliance to resilience - Moody's https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/insights/regulatory-news/-published-just-now-chanpreet-mehta-edit--share---from-complianc.html General model risk, not sycophancy-specific
S04-R05 Treasury AI resources https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0401 Treasury guidance; used in Q002
S04-R06 Financial Risk Management and AI - PMC https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8919207/ Explainability focus
S04-R07 Financial Services AI Risk Framework - CRI https://cyberriskinstitute.org/artificial-intelligence-risk-management/ Framework description, not terminology
S04-R08 Decoding US Treasury AI framework - TCS https://www.tcs.com/insights/blogs/us-treasury-financial-services-ai-risk-management-framework Implementation guide, not terminology
S04-R09 AI and risk management - Deloitte https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/Industries/financial-services/perspectives/gx-ai-and-risk-management.html General risk management
S04-R10 GAO AI in Financial Services https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107197 Oversight report, not terminology
S04-R11 AI in Model Risk Management - ValidMind https://validmind.com/blog/ai-in-model-risk-management-financial-services/ Product marketing
S04-R12 Yes-Machine Problem - WebProNews https://www.webpronews.com/the-yes-machine-problem-how-sycophantic-ai-is-becoming-a-safety-crisis-nobody-wants-to-talk-about/ Duplicate of S04-R01
S04-R13 Automation bias - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation_bias Encyclopedia; already rejected in S02
S04-R14 Automation bias systematic review - PMC https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3240751/ Systematic review; foundational but no new terminology
S04-R15 Misuse of automated decision aids - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1071581908000724 Training focus
S04-R16 Complacency and Bias integration - ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/publication/47792928_Complacency_and_Bias_in_Human_Use_of_Automation_An_Attentional_Integration Duplicate of S02-R02
S04-R17 FAA Technical Discipline: AI-ML https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/step/disciplines/artificial_intelligence Certification process, not terminology
S04-R18 Generative AI and Dark Patterns - AI Critique https://www.aicritique.org/us/2025/03/27/generative-ai-and-dark-patterns-in-ux-design/ Dark patterns focus, not sycophancy-specific
S04-R19 Exploring dark patterns UX https://www.stan.vision/journal/exploring-dark-patterns-ux-how-they-affect-user-experiences General UX dark patterns
S04-R20 Consistency in UI/UX Design - UX Magazine https://uxmag.com/articles/consistency-in-ui-ux-design-the-key-to-user-satisfaction Unrelated to sycophancy
S04-R21 18 Dark Patterns Examples https://www.eleken.co/blog-posts/dark-patterns-examples Dark patterns catalog, not AI-specific
S04-R22 10 Dark Patterns in UX https://bejamas.com/blog/10-dark-patterns-in-ux-design Same as above
S04-R23 Dark patterns in UX - LogRocket https://blog.logrocket.com/ux-design/dark-patterns-in-ux-design/ General dark patterns
S04-R24 Dark patterns user trust - WJARR https://journalwjarr.com/sites/default/files/fulltext_pdf/WJARR-2025-0691.pdf Trust impact, not AI sycophancy
S04-R25 AI features for UX - LogRocket https://blog.logrocket.com/ux-design/ai-driven-ux-design-patterns Design patterns, not terminology
S04-R26 Dark Side of UX Design - ACM https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3173574.3174108 Foundational dark patterns paper, pre-AI
S04-R27 Measuring UX in AI products - Medium https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/how-to-measure-ux-in-ai-powered-products-across-utility-trust-and-team-impact-a052283b7442 UX metrics, not sycophancy terminology

Notes

Financial services terminology centers on "model risk," "effective challenge," and the SR 11-7 "challenge function" rather than sycophancy-specific terms. Aviation has the most mature terminology from decades of human factors research. UX/product design lacks domain-specific terms for AI sycophancy, framing it instead through existing concepts like "dark patterns" and "satisfaction-accuracy tradeoff."