C014¶


Research	R0055 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C014

Claim: A search of 29 sources across corporate training providers, consulting firms, government agencies, regulatory frameworks, law firm policy templates, and UX research organizations found zero warnings about sycophancy under any terminology

BLUF: Cannot independently verify. This claim describes the author's own research methodology and findings. The claim is about the absence of sycophancy warnings in specific sources the author searched. Independent verification would require replicating the same 29-source search, which was not feasible in this research run. The claim is plausible given that sycophancy awareness is recent and corporate training typically lags research.

Probability: Likely (55-80%) | Confidence: Low

Summary¶

Entity	Description
Claim Definition	Claim text, scope, status
Assessment	Full analytical product with reasoning chain
ACH Matrix	Evidence x hypotheses diagnosticity analysis
Self-Audit	ROBIS-adapted 5-domain audit

Hypotheses¶

ID	Hypothesis	Status
H1	Claim is accurate as stated	Inconclusive
H2	Claim is partially correct or correct with caveats	Supported
H3	Claim is materially wrong	Eliminated

Searches¶

ID	Target	Results	Selected
S01	corporate AI training sycophancy warning enterpris	10	1

Sources¶

Source	Description	Reliability	Relevance
SRC01	Author's reported search	Medium	High

Revisit Triggers¶

Any corporate training provider adding sycophancy/automation bias warnings to AI curricula