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Invisible Saboteurs: Sycophantic LLMs Mislead Novices in Problem-Solving Tasks

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Main Authors:	Bo, Jessica Y., Kazemitabaar, Majeed, Deng, Mengqing, Inzlicht, Michael, Anderson, Ashton
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Human-Computer Interaction Computers and Society
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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