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387 Darkness rising — The hidden dangers of AI sycophancy and dark patterns

VentureBeat
Leon Yen @ VentureBeat · 05/14/2025 19:14 EDT

Darkness rising — The hidden dangers of AI sycophancy and dark patterns

Without a strong push from AI companies to combat sycophancy and other dark patterns, the default trajectory is more engagement optimization, more manipulation and fewer checks.

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