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Good Arguments Against the People Pleasers: How Reasoning Mitigates (Yet Masks) LLM Sycophancy

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Main Authors:	Feng, Zhaoxin, Chen, Zheng, Ma, Jianfei, Po, Yip Tin, Chersoni, Emmanuele, Li, Bo
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Computation and Language
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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