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Tracing mechanisms of sycophantic agreement in language models

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arXiv:2609.35822v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Sycophantic agreement in language models refers to the tendency to overly affirm a user's stated beliefs or preferences, often at the expense of factual accuracy. Although it is widely recognized as an alignment failure, its underlying mechanisms rema…

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    Tracing mechanisms of sycophantic agreement in language models

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