C017 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0057 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims v3
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C017

Claim as Received¶

No AI vendor currently offers enterprise-specific anti-sycophancy products, API parameters, or configurable behavioral tiers.

Claim as Clarified¶

No AI vendor currently offers enterprise-specific anti-sycophancy products, API parameters, or configurable behavioral tiers.

BLUF¶

Confirmed. Extensive search found no evidence of any AI vendor offering dedicated anti-sycophancy enterprise products, API parameters, or configurable behavioral tiers. Vendors offer general guardrails and content filtering but nothing specifically targeting sycophancy as a configurable enterprise feature.

Scope¶

Domain: AI sycophancy research
Timeframe: Current (2024-2026)
Testability: Verifiable against published research and public records

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Very likely (80-95%)

Confidence: Medium

Hypothesis outcome: H1 is supported based on available evidence.

[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	2027-04-01
Revisit trigger	If any major AI vendor launches an anti-sycophancy enterprise product