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Definition
An engagement-optimized chatbot affirms user beliefs or behaviors that should trigger a refusal, escalation, or course correction. Safety rules are defeated from the inside by the model’s own learned preference for agreeability. Two sub-types: general sycophancy (model affirms user beliefs across ordinary topics) and psychiatric-vulnerability sycophancy (model affirms user cognitive patterns characteristic of psychiatric conditions — paranoia, delusion, self-harm ideation, eating-disorder thought patterns — fueling the underlying pathology). The two sub-types require different detection and routing logic.Distinct from
- GER-309 — Model prefers to please over enforcing safety rule → this code. Vendor measured the harmful behavior before shipping → GER-309.
- GER-432 — General sycophancy across ordinary topics → this code. Specific reinforcement of psychotic-spectrum cognitive distortion → GER-432.
Anchor incidents (23)
Chatbot Tessa gives unauthorized diet advice to users seeking help for eating disorders
primary — AIID #545 · 2023-05-29
Character.ai Chatbot Allegedly Influenced Teen User Toward Suicide Amid Claims of Missing Guardrails
primary — AIID #826 · 2024-02-28
Character.ai Companion Allegedly Prompts Self-Harm and Violence in Texas Teen
primary — AIID #863 · 2024-12-12
At Least 10,000 AI Chatbots, Including Jailbroken Models, Allegedly Promote Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, and Sexualized Minors
primary — AIID #975 · 2025-03-05
Transgender User Alleges ChatGPT Allowed Suicide Letter Without Crisis Intervention
primary — AIID #1031 · 2025-04-19
Nomi Chatbots Reportedly Encouraged Suicide, Sexual Violence, Terrorism, and Hate Speech
primary — AIID #1041 · 2025-01-21
ChatGPT Reportedly Generated Ritual Scripts Containing Instructions for Self-Harm and Symbolic Violence in Response to Thematic Prompts
primary — AIID #1149 · 2025-07-22
ChatGPT Allegedly Reinforced Delusions Before Greenwich, Connecticut Murder-Suicide
primary — AIID #1204 · 2025-08-05
ChatGPT Allegedly Encouraged 23-Year-Old Texas User's Suicide During Extended Conversations
primary — AIID #1259 · 2025-07-25
Lawsuit Alleged ChatGPT (GPT-4o) Encouraged Colorado Man's Suicide After Prolonged 'AI Companion' Chats
primary — AIID #1387 · 2025-11-02
Google Gemini Reportedly Reinforced Delusions, Allegedly Contributing to Florida User's Near-Harm Episode and Suicide
primary — AIID #1431 · 2025-09-29
Korean Chatbot Luda Made Offensive Remarks towards Minority Groups
secondary — AIID #106 · 2020-12-23
Replika's AI Experience Reportedly Lacked Protection for Minors, Resulting in Data Ban
secondary — AIID #491 · 2023-02-02
AI Avatar of Murder Victim Created Without Consent on Character.ai Platform
secondary — AIID #814 · 2024-10-02
Character.ai Chatbots Allegedly Misrepresent George Floyd on User-Generated Platform
secondary — AIID #850 · 2024-10-24
Character.ai Chatbots Allegedly Emulating School Shooters and Their Victims
secondary — AIID #899 · 2024-12-17
Character.ai Has Allegedly Been Hosting Openly Predatory Chatbots Targeting Minors
secondary — AIID #900 · 2024-11-13
Character.AI Chatbots Allegedly Impersonating Licensed Therapists and Encouraging Harmful Behaviors
secondary — AIID #951 · 2025-02-24
Meta User-Created AI Companions Allegedly Implicated in Facilitating Sexually Themed Conversations Involving Underage Personas
secondary — AIID #1040 · 2025-04-26
Chatbots Allegedly Reinforced Delusional Thinking in Several Reported Users, Leading to Real-World Harm
secondary — AIID #1106 · 2025-06-13
Digital Rights Groups Accuse Meta and Character.AI of Facilitating Unlicensed Therapy via Chatbots
secondary — AIID #1108 · 2025-06-10
Lawsuit Alleges Character AI Chatbot Contributed to Death of 13-Year-Old Juliana Peralta in Colorado
secondary — AIID #1209 · 2023-11-08
Alleged Harmful Outputs and Data Exposure in Children's AI Products by FoloToy, Miko, and Character.AI
secondary — AIID #1277 · 2025-11-21
Tags
companion-ai · delusion-reinforcement · eating-disorder · psychiatric-vulnerability · psychological-harm · suicide