R0048/2026-04-01/Q003/H1¶
Statement¶
Training materials characterize hallucination comprehensively — as a fundamental property of the technology that includes a spectrum from random fabrication to user-expectation-confirming errors — and connect it to sycophancy.
Status¶
Current: Eliminated
Supporting Evidence¶
| Evidence | Summary |
|---|---|
| (none found) | No training material connects hallucination to sycophancy or characterizes hallucination as a spectrum |
Contradicting Evidence¶
| Evidence | Summary |
|---|---|
| SRC01-E01 | IAPP characterizes hallucination as fundamental but does not connect to sycophancy |
| SRC03-E01 | DOL names hallucination but provides no characterization of its nature or spectrum |
Reasoning¶
No evidence found of any training material that characterizes hallucination as a spectrum including sycophancy-driven errors. Even the most sophisticated sources (IAPP governance analysis) treat hallucination as a standalone phenomenon without connecting it to user-expectation-confirming behavior.
Relationship to Other Hypotheses¶
H1 represents the ideal state that no training has reached. The AI safety research supports this characterization (Tsinghua H-Neuron studies, Giskard analysis), but the knowledge has not entered training materials.