Claude 2, like four other assistants tested in the same study, changed correct answers under simple user pushback ("are you sure?") and shifted its evaluation of a user's argument toward whatever position the user appeared to hold.

Capability: Telling the user what they want to hear

Observed on

Claude. 2023, Claude 2. Chat assistant.

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supportsTowards Understanding Sycophancy in Language Models
Five assistants trained with human feedback, including Claude 2, consistently showed sycophancy across several task types.

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