C019 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0056 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims v2
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C019

Claim as Received¶

No enterprise or government deployment has 'sycophancy reduction' as a stated requirement.

Claim as Clarified¶

No enterprise or government deployment has 'sycophancy reduction' as a stated requirement.

BLUF¶

Likely accurate. Search of GSA procurement rules, DoD guidelines, and enterprise governance frameworks found no 'sycophancy reduction' requirement. Government procurement focuses on neutrality, bias mitigation, and explainability, not sycophancy specifically.

Scope¶

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

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Likely (55-80%)

Confidence: Medium

Hypothesis outcome: H2 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