C024¶


Research	R0055 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C024

Claim: The MIT AI Risk Repository, AIR 2024 categorization, and Standardized Threat Taxonomy all omit sycophancy as a distinct category

BLUF: Correct for AIR 2024 (confirmed — sycophancy absent from 314 risk categories derived from 24 policy documents). Highly likely for the MIT AI Risk Repository (7 domains, 23 subdomains — sycophancy not listed). The Standardized Threat Taxonomy (9 domains, 53 sub-threats) does not list sycophancy. The omission reflects that policy documents reviewed predate widespread sycophancy awareness.

Probability: Very likely (80-95%) | Confidence: Medium-High

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	Supported
H2	Claim is partially correct or correct with caveats	Inconclusive
H3	Claim is materially wrong	Eliminated

Searches¶

ID	Target	Results	Selected
S01	MIT AI Risk Repository AIR 2024 sycophancy omitted	10	3

Sources¶

Source	Description	Reliability	Relevance
SRC01	AIR 2024	High	High

Revisit Triggers¶

Updated versions of any of these three taxonomies adding sycophancy as a category