R0053/2026-03-31-02/C003/S02¶
WebSearch — AI instruction compliance and acknowledgment behavior
Summary¶
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Source/Database | WebSearch |
| Query terms | AI sycophancy acknowledges instructions then ignores them workflow compliance research paper |
| Filters | None |
| Results returned | 10 |
| Results selected | 2 |
| Results rejected | 8 |
Selected Results¶
| Result | Title | URL | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| S02-R01 | Sycophancy in AI: the risk of complacency (SciELO) | https://blog.scielo.org/en/2026/03/13/sycophancy-in-ai-the-risk-of-complacency/ | Detailed analysis of sycophancy root causes |
| S02-R02 | Towards Understanding Sycophancy (ICLR 2024) | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.13548 | Foundational academic paper on sycophancy |
Rejected Results¶
| Result | Title | URL | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| S02-R03 | Towards Understanding Sycophancy (PDF) | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.13548 | Duplicate of R02 |
| S02-R04 | The Sycophancy Problem (Substack) | https://aiforbeginners.substack.com/p/the-sycophancy-problem | Duplicate from S01 |
| S02-R05 | AI sycophantic bad advice (Fortune) | https://fortune.com/2026/03/29/ai-sycophantic-bad-advice-emerging-research-science-journal/ | Used as SRC03 from Fortune perspective |
| S02-R06 | AI Sycophancy (IEEE Spectrum) | https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-sycophancy | Secondary coverage |
| S02-R07 | Sycophantic AI (Science) | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8352 | Duplicate from S01 |
| S02-R08 | AI Research Explained: Sycophancy | https://www.ailocthinktank.com/post/ai-research-explained-sycophancy | Think tank summary |
| S02-R09 | Sycophancy Causes and Mitigations (arXiv) | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15287 | Survey paper — useful context but secondary |
| S02-R10 | AI chatbots are sycophants (Nature) | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03390-0 | Nature news coverage |
Notes¶
This search confirmed and extended findings from S01. The ICLR 2024 paper is the foundational reference.