E01¶


Research	R0056 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims v2
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C027
Source	SRC01
Evidence	SRC01-E01
Type	Reported

Primary evidence for C027

URL: See source scorecard

Extract¶

Accurate. Georgetown Law explicitly states safety interventions may run contrary to monetization models. Brookings documents the trade-off between user alignment and accuracy. Stanford research shows users prefer sycophantic AI (creating engagement incentives), while sycophancy harms judgment.

Relevance to Hypotheses¶

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	See assessment
H2	Supports	See assessment
H3	Contradicts	See assessment

Context¶

See assessment.md for full context.