Q003-S02 — Hallucination-Sycophancy Connection — Search Log

Research	R0048 — Corporate AI Training
Run	2026-03-29
Query	Q003 — Hallucination Training
Search	S02

Summary

Field	Value
Source/Database	Web search (targeted: hallucination-sycophancy connection)
Query terms	Multiple: "hallucination connected sycophancy AI user expectation 'motivated hallucination'"; "EurekAlert hallucinate with us study"
Filters	None
Results returned	13 (across 2 searches)
Results selected	3
Results rejected	10

Selected Results

Result	Title	URL	Rationale
S02-R01	Understanding Hallucination and Sycophancy in AI Models	https://www.fikril.dev/blog/model-hallucination-and-sycophancy	Directly connects hallucination and sycophancy
S02-R02	Generative AI does not just hallucinate at us	https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116575	"Hallucinate with us" concept — co-hallucination
S02-R03	A Rational Analysis of Sycophantic AI	https://arxiv.org/html/2602.14270v1	Confirmatory evidence mechanism

Rejected Results

Result	Title	URL	Rationale
(10 results)	Various	Various	Duplicate coverage or tangential topics

Notes

The hallucination-sycophancy connection is explicitly made in only a few sources. This is itself evidence that the connection is not widely recognized, even in the research community.