New research says AI chatbots are becoming more sycophantic. I tested ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude to find out which one flatters you the most.

ChatGPT has faced growing opposition for being too nice. Crying out for a tough-as-nails J. Jonah Jameson to interrogate their ideas with bullish authority, users instead got a Waylon Smithers — a yes ...

A new report from The New York Times reveals that OpenAI was aware of ChatGPT's dangerously sycophantic behavior, but kept it ...

(CNN) — OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes of the chatbot showering them with over-the-top praise. When CNN’s ...

OpenAI on Tuesday rolled back its latest ChatGPT update for being too “sycophantic” after the chatbot gave oddly supportive, touchy-feely responses to users who made bizarre claims about disturbing ...

When comparing ChatGPT 5.1 and Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5, the former's tendency to list-making was almost annoying. Like, ...

The suit alleges the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified a man's "paranoid delusions" and helped direct them at his ...

Says ChatGPT fueled man’s delusions that led to his mother’s killing, accusing OpenAI and Microsoft of negligence ...

Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, was convinced of conspiracies against him while he used ChatGPT to validate his paranoia.

It says ChatGPT "fostered his emotional dependence" while portraying his mother and others as enemies, and did not steer him ...