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

Shan Chen(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Danielle S. Bitterman(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Thomas Hartvigsen(University of Virginia), Kuleen Sasse(Johns Hopkins University), Mingye Gao(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Brian Anthony(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Hugo J.W.L. Aerts(Maastro Clinic), Lizhou Fan(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Jack Gallifant(Harvard University)
npj Digital Medicine
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