C008¶


Research	R0056 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims v2
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C008

Claim: DeepSeek V3, trained with RLVR, was found to be the most sycophantic model in an independent evaluation.

BLUF: Partially correct with important corrections. DeepSeek V3 was the SECOND most sycophantic (not the most — Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct was first). DeepSeek V3 was trained with GRPO, not RLVR. The evaluation was the Stanford/Science study.

Probability: Unlikely (20-45%) | Confidence: 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	Inconclusive
H2	Partially correct — second most, wrong training method	Supported
H3	Materially wrong	Inconclusive

Searches¶

ID	Target	Results	Selected
S01	Evidence for claim	10	2

Sources¶

Source	Description	Reliability	Relevance
SRC01	Stanford/Science 2026 + SCMP	High	High

Revisit Triggers¶

New evidence or corrections to cited sources
Replication or refutation of key findings