C025¶


Research	R0057 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims v3
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C025

Claim: The MIT AI Risk Repository, AIR 2024 categorization, and Standardized Threat Taxonomy all omit sycophancy as a distinct category.

BLUF: Confirmed. Verified against all three sources: (1) MIT AI Risk Repository does not list sycophancy as a named risk category. (2) AIR 2024 taxonomy does not contain the word 'sycophancy'. (3) Standardized Threat Taxonomy (9 domains, 53 sub-threats) does not contain the word 'sycophancy'.

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%) | Confidence: High

Summary¶

Entity	Description
Claim Definition	Claim text, scope, status
Assessment	Full analytical product with reasoning chain
ACH Matrix	Evidence x hypotheses diagnosticity analysis
Self-Audit	ROBIS-adapted 5-domain audit

Hypotheses¶

ID	Hypothesis	Status
H1	All three taxonomies omit sycophancy	Supported
H2	Some taxonomies address related concepts but not by the name sycophancy	Not supported
H3	At least one taxonomy includes sycophancy	Eliminated

Searches¶

ID	Target	Results	Selected
S01	MIT AI Risk Repository AIR 2024 Standardized Threat Taxonomy sycophancy	10	1

Sources¶

Source	Description	Reliability	Relevance
SRC01	MIT AI Risk Repository, AIR 2024, and Standardized Threat Taxonomy	High	High

Revisit Triggers¶

If any of these three taxonomies adds sycophancy as a distinct category