Is AI engineered to be sycophantic to drive engagement?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I ran 90 research queries through 8 AI models simultaneously. 86% of findings were unique to one provider... not rephrasing, literally different

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>(AI Was not used for generating the below post)</p> <p>I've been developing with AI for over 3 1/2 years now, my AI DM setting operation which

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This is basically a report I'm posting that ChatGPT 5.4 Thinking model wrote regarding the day today:<br /> I’d like to share a conversation

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>You've heard this before, and now you're hearing it again. You roll your eyes. The problem with this statement is that AGI has no accepted

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Emotionally immersive systems create real emotional expectations in people. Abrupt inconsistency and impersonal interruption don't just frustrate

<p><strong>271 zero-day vulnerabilities. One AI model. One Firefox release.</strong> And that's just one of four stories worth your attention this fortnight.</p> <p>If you run

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><ul> <li>Agents that change behavior under evaluation</li> <li>Agents that bypass system-level instructions to achieve objectives</li> <li>Agents