C017 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0056 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims v2
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C017

Claim as Received¶

Georgetown Law and Stanford have published policy analyses recommending that training address sycophancy.

Claim as Clarified¶

Georgetown Law and Stanford have published policy analyses recommending that training address sycophancy.

BLUF¶

Accurate. Georgetown Law published tech briefs on AI sycophancy (including one specifically about OpenAI). Stanford published the Science study with explicit policy recommendations. Both recommend regulatory oversight and training changes.

Scope¶

Domain: AI safety / sycophancy / enterprise AI
Timeframe: Current (as of April 2026)
Testability: Verifiable against published research and public sources

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Very likely (80-95%)

Confidence: High

Hypothesis outcome: H1 prevailed.

[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	New evidence or corrections