C024 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0056 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims v2
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C024

Claim as Received¶

Every major bridging taxonomy examined — the MIT AI Risk Repository, the AIR 2024 categorization, and the Standardized Threat Taxonomy — omits sycophancy as a distinct category.

Claim as Clarified¶

Every major bridging taxonomy examined — the MIT AI Risk Repository, the AIR 2024 categorization, and the Standardized Threat Taxonomy — omits sycophancy as a distinct category.

BLUF¶

Accurate. Verified by direct examination: (1) AIR 2024 does not contain 'sycophancy' or 'sycophantic' in its 314 risk categories; (2) The Standardized Threat Taxonomy's nine domains do not include sycophancy; (3) The MIT AI Risk Repository's domain taxonomy does not list sycophancy as a distinct category.

Scope¶

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

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%)

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