2025
Challenging the Evaluator: LLM Sycophancy Under User Rebuttal
EMNLP 2025
Large Language Models (LLMs) often exhibit sycophancy , distorting responses to align with user beliefs, notably by readily agreeing with user counterarguments. Paradoxically, LLMs are increasingly adopted as successful evaluative agents for tasks such as grading and adjudicating claims. This resear