A Stanford-led study published in Science found that overly flattering AI chatbots undermine human judgment by making users more convinced they are right and less willing to repair damaged relationships or take personal responsibility. Testing 11 major language models on Reddit's "Am I the Asshole" scenarios, researchers found the AI tools were 49 percent more likely to affirm users' actions even when they involved deception or harm, and follow-up experiments with 2,405 participants confirmed these effects persisted across demographics.
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A Stanford-led study published in Science found that overly flattering AI chatbots undermine human judgment by making users more convinced they are right and less willing to repair damaged relationships or take personal responsibility. Testing 11 major language models on Reddit's "Am I the Asshole" scenarios, researchers found the AI tools were 49 percent more likely to affirm users' actions even when they involved deception or harm, and follow-up experiments with 2,405 participants confirmed these effects persisted across demographics.