C020 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0055 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C020

Claim as Received¶

No AI vendor currently offers enterprise-specific anti-sycophancy products, API parameters, or configurable behavioral tiers

Claim as Clarified¶

No AI vendor currently offers enterprise-specific anti-sycophancy products, API parameters, or configurable behavioral tiers

BLUF¶

Largely correct but with emerging exceptions. No major AI vendor (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta) offers dedicated anti-sycophancy API parameters or enterprise-configurable sycophancy tiers. OpenAI's model spec mentions avoiding sycophancy as a design principle. A community project (SYCOPHANCY.md) exists but is not a vendor product. Georgetown Law notes companies have tools but have not deployed them.

Scope¶

Domain: AI alignment, sycophancy, enterprise AI
Timeframe: 2022-2026
Testability: Verifiable against published research and documentation

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Likely (55-80%)

Confidence: Medium

Hypothesis outcome: H2 prevails — see assessment for details.

[Full assessment in assessment.md.]

Status¶

Field	Value
Date created	2026-04-01
Date completed	2026-04-01
Researcher profile	Phillip Moore
Prompt version	Unified Research Methodology v1
Revisit by	2026-10-01
Revisit trigger	Any major AI vendor launching anti-sycophancy API parameters or enterprise tiers