R0057/2026-04-01/C014/H1

Research	R0057 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims v3
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C014
Hypothesis	H1

Statement

A study was published in Science in 2026 documenting sycophancy

Status

Current: Supported

Supporting Evidence

Evidence	Summary
SRC01-E01	Study published in Science March 2026 documenting sycophancy across 11 LLMs

Contradicting Evidence

Evidence	Summary
—	No contradicting evidence found

Reasoning

The study was published in Science (DOI: 10.1126/science.aec8352), authored by Stanford researchers led by Myra Cheng and Dan Jurafsky. Multiple independent news sources confirm publication in March 2026. The arXiv preprint appeared October 2025.

Relationship to Other Hypotheses

H1 represents full accuracy. H2 allows for partial correctness. H3 is eliminated by the evidence.