Sycophancy is a boundary failure between social alignment and epistemic integrity, captured by a three-condition framework plus taxonomy of targets, mechanisms, and severity.
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When Helpfulness Becomes Sycophancy: Sycophancy is a Boundary Failure Between Social Alignment and Epistemic Integrity in Large Language Models
Sycophancy is a boundary failure between social alignment and epistemic integrity, captured by a three-condition framework plus taxonomy of targets, mechanisms, and severity.