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npj Digital Medicine
When helpfulness backfires: LLMs and the risk of false medical information due to sycophantic behavior Shan Chen · Mingye Gao · Kuleen Sasse · Thomas Hartvigsen · Brian Anthony · Lizhou Fan · Hugo Aerts · Jack Gallifant · Danielle S. Bitterman
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 17 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41746-025-02008-zWhen helpfulness backfires: LLMs and the risk of false medical information due to sycophantic behavior
17 October 2025 at 08:00

When helpfulness backfires: LLMs and the risk of false medical information due to sycophantic behavior

npj Digital Medicine

By: Shan Chen · Mingye Gao · Kuleen Sasse · Thomas Hartvigsen · Brian Anthony · Lizhou Fan · Hugo Aerts · Jack Gallifant · Danielle S. Bitterman

17 October 2025 at 08:00

npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 17 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41746-025-02008-z

When helpfulness backfires: LLMs and the risk of false medical information due to sycophantic behavior