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R0043/2026-04-01/Q003/S01

Research R0043 — Sycophancy Vocabulary
Run 2026-04-01
Query Q003
Search S01

WebSearch — AI terminology gap recognition and taxonomy bridging efforts

Summary

Field Value
Source/Database WebSearch (2 queries)
Query terms (1) AI sycophancy taxonomy vocabulary gap cross-domain terminology alignment safety governance; (2) AI safety governance vocabulary gap taxonomy bridging terminology standardization
Filters None
Results returned 20
Results selected 4
Results rejected 16

Selected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S01-R01 How to fix the AI terminology gap - Trilateral Research https://trilateralresearch.com/responsible-ai/how-to-fix-the-ai-terminology-gap Explicit diagnosis and solutions for the terminology gap
S01-R02 AI System Evaluation Framework - CSIRO/UNSW https://arxiv.org/html/2404.05388v3 Harmonised terminology framework
S01-R03 Standardized Threat Taxonomy - Huwyler https://arxiv.org/html/2511.21901 Cross-domain threat taxonomy
S01-R04 Key Terms for AI Governance - IAPP https://www.aigl.blog/key-terms-for-ai-governance-2/ 100+ term glossary

Rejected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S01-R05 AI Governance Taxonomy - Chris Hood https://chrishood.com/ai-governance-taxonomy-reference-glossary/ Individual blog; lower reliability
S01-R06 Mind the Gap - Roytburg & Miller https://arxiv.org/html/2512.10058 Used as supplementary evidence via WebFetch
S01-R07 Disentangling AI Alignment - Springer https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-01377-4_8 Alignment taxonomy; tangential
S01-R08 AI Governance Glossary - Gov4AI https://gov4.ai/glossary/ Glossary without sycophancy; less detailed than IAPP
S01-R09 Business Glossary for AI https://www.firstsanfranciscopartners.com/blog/why-your-ai-needs-a-business-glossary-right-now/ Enterprise data management; tangential
S01-R10 SYCOPHANCY CLAIMS ABOUT LANGUAGE MODELS https://openreview.net/pdf?id=XePNb7JiUi About sycophancy claims, not vocabulary gap
S01-R11 Institutional AI Governance - arXiv https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.10599 AGI governance framework; too broad
S01-R12 PMC Shoggoths article https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12626241/ Already used in Q001
S01-R13 AI Evaluation Framework v1 https://arxiv.org/html/2404.05388v1 Earlier version of S01-R02
S01-R14 Various remaining Various Lower relevance or duplicates

Notes

The search confirmed that the AI terminology gap is recognized as a problem by multiple independent research groups. However, the specific sycophancy vocabulary gap is not the primary focus of any identified effort — it is a subset of the broader governance terminology problem.