arXiv:2606. 11502v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Language models can state that "the Earth orbits the Sun" and, when role-playing Aristotle, assert the opposite.
By Benjamin Sturgeon, David Africa, Sid Black
Large Language Models (LLMs) frequently exhibit sycophancy, where they agree with a user's statement even when incorrect. While sycophancy is often treated as a single defined behavior, it can manifest in substantially distinct ways and circumstances, raising the question of whether this multi-faceted nature is reflected in its internal mechanisms.
arXiv:2607. 07003v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) frequently exhibit sycophancy, where they agree with a user's statement even when incorrect.
By Anthony Baez, Sheer Karny, Pat Pataranutaporn
arXiv:2609.07943v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: There is significant uncertainty about whether abstractions like beliefs or desires usefully describe the behavior of large language models (LLMs). In...
By Alex Smolin, Bryan Wilder
arXiv:2508.16013v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in politically sensitive contexts, raising concerns about their susceptibility to ideologica...
By Pietro Bernardelle, Stefano Civelli, Leon Fr\"ohling, Riccardo Lunardi, Kevin Roitero, Gianluca Demartini
arXiv:2609.39853v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Role-playing prompting has become a popular yet simple technique for improving LLM reasoning and output quality. However, whether it consistently boost...
By Xingjie Zhuang, Jialong Tang, Chulun Zhou, Buchao Zhan, Zhirui Li, Junhui Li, Yazheng Yang, Jinsong Su