AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice | Researchers found chatbots

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While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This chart is based on a report by CNN and CCDH. They tested popular AI chatbots by asking them to help with violent scenarios.</p> <p>According

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>been following voice cloning tech for a while but most of it is either deepfakes or customer service bots. then I stumbled on something called

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>We lost a client because our system said &quot;Good morning!&quot; to someone who had just called to complain.</p> <p>She called. Got no answer.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A new Drexel University study, based on 318 Reddit posts from users who identified themselves as 13 to 17 years old, found repeated signs that

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><strong>quick context:</strong> we're a small AI creative agency, 9 people, based in Pune. we work with brands on commercial visuals product

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>The appeal is almost too clean. Ask for a lover, a therapist, a fictional world, or an answer to an endless chain of questions, and the machine