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Title: Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence.
Authors: Cheng M; Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA., Lee C; Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA., Khadpe P; Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA., Yu S; Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA., Han D; Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA., Jurafsky D; Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Source: Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 2026 Mar 26; Vol. 391 (6792), pp. eaec8352. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Mar 26.
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