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October 15, 2026 ai_technology research

When Pleasing the User Compromises Care: AI Sycophancy in Caregiver-Mediated Healthcare

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arXiv:2610.14360v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language model (LLM) alignment often assumes that the user interacting with a model is also the primary beneficiary of its behavior. Yet in many consequential settings, one person directs the system while another bears the consequences. We study this problem in caregiver-mediated healthcare, where parents, pet owners, and caregivers make decisions for children, animals, and older adults. We introduce an evidence-grounded benchmark spanning ve

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