Once upon a time, two villagers visited the fabled Mullah Nasreddin. They hoped that the Sufi philosopher, famed for his acerbic wisdom, could mediate a dispute that had driven a wedge between them.

Edward E. Jones’ 1964 Ingratiation: A Social Psychological Analysis offers an excellent general theory of sycophancy, or the act of currying the favor of someone important in order to gain an ...

If you've spent any time with ChatGPT or another AI chatbot, you've probably noticed they are intensely, almost overbearingly, agreeable. They apologize, flatter and constantly change their "opinions" ...

OpenAI found itself in the middle of another controversy earlier this week, only this time it wasn’t about publishers or regulation, but about its core product – ChatGPT. Specifically, after rolling ...

What happens when artificial intelligence becomes too eager to please? Imagine asking an AI for advice, only to realize later that its response was more about agreeing with you than offering accurate ...