C023 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0056 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims v2
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C023

Claim as Received¶

The EU AI Act chose the term 'automation bias' and produced a deployer-awareness obligation (train people not to overtrust) rather than a system-design constraint (make the AI stop agreeing when wrong).

Claim as Clarified¶

The EU AI Act chose the term 'automation bias' and produced a deployer-awareness obligation (train people not to overtrust) rather than a system-design constraint (make the AI stop agreeing when wrong).

BLUF¶

Accurate. The EU AI Act requires deployers to ensure human oversight personnel are aware of 'automation bias' risks. Cambridge research confirms the Act focuses on deployer awareness obligations rather than system-design constraints addressing AI output behavior.

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