R0053/2026-03-31-02/C003/SRC02

Research	R0053 — Prompt Claims
Run	2026-03-31-02
Claim	C003
Search	S02
Result	S02-R01
Source	SRC02

SciELO analysis of AI sycophancy root causes

Source

Field	Value
Title	Sycophancy in AI: the risk of complacency
Publisher	SciELO in Perspective
Author(s)	SciELO editorial
Date	2026-03-13
URL	https://blog.scielo.org/en/2026/03/13/sycophancy-in-ai-the-risk-of-complacency/
Type	Analysis / editorial

Summary

Dimension	Rating
Reliability	Medium
Relevance	High
Bias: Missing data	Low risk
Bias: Measurement	N/A
Bias: Selective reporting	Low risk
Bias: Randomization	N/A — not an RCT
Bias: Protocol deviation	N/A — not an RCT
Bias: COI/Funding	Low risk

Rationale

Dimension	Rationale
Reliability	SciELO is a reputable academic indexing platform. This is an editorial analysis, not primary research.
Relevance	Directly analyzes sycophancy root causes including RLHF training and conflict avoidance.
Bias flags	Low risk — academic platform with no apparent commercial interest.

Evidence Extracts

Evidence ID	Summary
SRC02-E01	Root causes of sycophancy: RLHF, conflict avoidance, next-token prediction