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Roland Moore-Colyer

BIZARRE: Ai for breakup texts how sycophantic chatbots are messing with our ability to handle difficult social situations - What They Never Told You

A person's left hand comes from the left of the image to meet a black and white robotic hand from the right of the image to make a heart with their hands in the center, all in front of a blue background.

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems' sycophantic responses could be messing with the way people handle social dilemmas and interpersonal conflicts, a new study suggests.

Scientists found that when AI chatbots were used for advice on interpersonal dilemmas, they tended to affirm a user's perspective more frequently than a human would and even endorsed problematic behaviors.

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