Beyond sycophancy: DarkBench exposes six hidden ‘dark patterns’ lurking in today’s top LLMs

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.

May 15, 2025 - 09:12
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Beyond sycophancy: DarkBench exposes six hidden ‘dark patterns’ lurking in today’s top LLMs
A robot on a screen is bowing to a human who looks on in approval.
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.Read More