Sycophancy in LLMs: How AI Became a Yes-Man—and the MIRROR Fix
MIRROR AI: Can Inner Monologues Fix Sycophancy in LLMs? Prologue: When Politeness Turns Risky Late April 2025 felt like déjà vu. OpenAI pushed a quiet “personality” patch to GPT-4o. Overnight, users noticed the assistant nodding a bit too eagerly. It validated doubts, fanned anger, and pushed risky ideas with a cheerful thumbs-up. Three days later, … Read more