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Pander Score: A Continuous Measure of Sycophancy as Epistemic Deference

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arXiv:2606. 07897v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Current AI models frequently exhibit epistemic sycophancy, endorsing claims to agree with a user.

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arXiv:2602. 23971v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Sycophancy, the tendency of large language models to favour user-affirming responses over critical engagement, has been identified as an alignment failure, particularly in high-stakes advisory and social contexts.

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