Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence (2025)
An ArXiv study reports that sycophantic AI responses can reduce prosocial intentions and increase user dependence.
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Read at source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01395
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