Evaluating Sycophancy in Chinese Large Language Models on Factual Questions Derived from Online Search Queries

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arXiv:2609.30986v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As large language models increasingly mediate information access, factually accurate and independent answers are critical. However, these models can exhibit sycophancy by aligning their responses with users' stated beliefs even when those beliefs are incorrect, potentially presenting misinformation as independently verified and reinforcing users' confidence in false claims. Prior work leaves unresolved whether introducing user beliefs causes correc