[2502.08177] SycEval: Evaluating LLM Sycophancy

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[2502.08177] SycEval: Evaluating LLM Sycophancy Skip to main content arXiv is now an independent nonprofit! Learn more × Search arXiv Press Enter to search · Advanced search --> Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence arXiv:2502.08177 (cs) [Submitted on 12 Feb 2025 ( v1 ), last revised 19 Sep 2025 (this version, v4)] Title: SycEval: Evaluating LLM Sycophancy Authors: Aaron Fanous , Jacob Goldberg (1), Ank A. Agarwal (1), Joanna Lin (1), Anson Zhou (1), Roxana Daneshjou (1), Sanmi Koyejo (1) ((1) Stanford University) View a PDF of the paper titled SycEval: Evaluating LLM Sycopha

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