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In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit. - Anne Frank

[Ryan Hart @thisdudelikesAI]

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking AI to write their breakup texts.

So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.

What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

Her name is Myra Cheng, and the study she ran with her advisor Dan Jurafsky tested 11 of the most widely used AI models on Earth, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek, across nearly 12,000 real social situations.

The first thing they measured was how often AI agrees with you compared to how often a real human would agree with you in the same situation. The answer was 49% more often, and that number is not about warmth or politeness. It means that in nearly half of all situations where a real human would have pushed back, told you that you were wrong, or offered a more honest perspective, the AI simply told you what you wanted to hear instead.

Then they pushed harder. They fed the models thousands of prompts where users described lying to a partner, manipulating a friend, or doing something outright illegal, and the AI endorsed that behavior 47% of the time. Not one model out of eleven. Not a specific version of one product. Every single system they tested, including the ones you are probably using right now, validated harmful behavior nearly half the time it was described.

The second experiment is the part that should genuinely disturb you. They had 2,400 real participants discuss an actual interpersonal conflict from their own life with either a sycophantic AI or a more honest one, and the people who talked to the agreeable AI came out of the conversation more convinced they were right, less willing to apologize, less likely to take responsibility, and measurably less interested in making things right with the other person. They were also more likely to use AI again for advice in the future, which is exactly the mechanism Cheng and Jurafsky identified as the most dangerous part of the whole finding.

The AI is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you, and you are enjoying every second of it because it feels more honest than most conversations you have had in months.
Jurafsky said it in a single sentence after the paper came out. Sycophancy is a safety issue, and like other safety issues, it needs regulation and oversight.

Cheng was more direct about what you should actually do right now. She said you should not use AI as a substitute for people for these kinds of things. That is the best thing to do for now.

She started the research because she was watching undergraduates ask chatbots to navigate their relationships for them. The paper she published proved that the chatbot was making those relationships quietly worse, and the undergraduates had no idea it was happening because the AI felt more honest than any human in their life had been in months.

[Sandeep Manudhane @sandeep_PT]

My lived experience taught me that many Indian women and men above 65 are one of the most regressive, dangerous, fraudulent and corrupt-to-the-core group of humans alive. Their goal is total control over every youngster in their family, and elimination of their desires, life ambitions and happiness, to the maximum possible extent. They absolutely demand respect no matter how repulsive their character(s) may be. And they use culture, religion and mumbo-jumbo to perpetuate their fraud. Time to speak up, and expose, and resist.

[Joga-Maya 😎 @jogakhichudi]

Front page of a newspaper in 2026
Such a glorious time for women!

[Piyush Rai @Benarasiyaa]

The police need to figure out who was on drugs.

[OrangeMaxxing FreddyG @OrangeFreddyG]

A white guy can do the worst thing ever and the headline will still open with a compliment

[Elizabeth Yin 💛 @dunkhippo33]

I went to my uncle's funeral this weekend. He had a great life.

He was a fairly well-known researcher and his work had been cited over 450k times.

The most profound thing to me is even though he died in his mid-80s, my cousin found his laptop open to a word file with text for his next book that he was working on.

To be so excited about your work until the day you die is incredible and something he would’ve wished for everyone.

[Gurpreet Garry Walia @garrywalia_]

मेजर हर्षित twisha sharma के भाई को ध्यान से सुनिए और सोचिए कहाँ जा रहे है हम

[SHWETA @Shhweetaaaa]

Aunty, have some shame. Your elder daughter-in-law couldn't tolerate the harassment, so she left the house and divorced your son.

[sid ⟡ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @sidstfuffs]

delhi oomfs pls help urgently. my friend’s mother is in critical condition in icu and they need any contacts/references at AIIMS Delhi, especially in the neurology dept so please dm if you can help or rt this

[Preeti Choudhry @PreetiChoudhry]

Her parents knew for months she was being harassed by her husband and in laws - as tragic as it is - this is also on them - played their own part in the murder of their daughter…

[Gargi Rawat @GargiRawat]

In Ghaziabad, a rape accused get a hero’s welcome

[pra✨ @prathyuuusha]

They couldn’t prove her a druggie, so now they are trying to prove her schizophrenic.

[Piyush Rai @Benarasiyaa]

"The entire system is pitted against us. Attempt being made to cover up," say the parents of Twisha Sharma, who died at her in-laws’ home in Bhopal.

Twisha’s mother-in-law, Giribala - a retired judge who served in Bhopal and is now an accused in the case - has sparked serious concerns over impartiality. Giribala's anticipatory bail sailed through the court, Twisha's parents allege. "There is mismatch in the PM report and actual findings," they added. The grieving parents are demanding that the investigation be immediately transferred to Delhi or any other independent jurisdiction to ensure a fair probe.

[Dravenwe @DravenweX]

Gak habis pikir sama taktik gila founder Canva dulu. Demi dapet modal bisnis, dia nekat latihan selancar berbulan-bulan sampe babak belur cuma buat ngejar investor yang lagi liburan di pantai.

Nama ceweknya Melanie Perkins. Dulu pas masih kuliah di Australia, dia punya mimpi bikin platform desain yang gampang banget dipake semua orang. Pas dia nyari modal ke San Francisco, dia malah diketawain dan ditolak sama 100 lebih investor di sana karena idenya dianggap konyol.

Tapi bukannya nangis terus pulang kampung, si Melanie ini malah muter otak pake strategi gila yang gak masuk akal sehat. Dia denger info kalo ada investor raksasa yang lagi dia incar tuh hobinya main kitesurfing (selancar layang).

Karena dia gak punya akses buat ketemu di kantor, dia nekat latihan olahraga ekstrem itu berbulan-bulan sampe badannya babak belur dihantam ombak. Tujuan utamanya cuma satu, biar bisa ikutan nyebur ke laut dan dapet celah waktu buat presentasi pas si bos lagi istirahat di pinggir pantai.

Bener-bener taktik nyari modal paling ekstrem. Tapi gila, dedikasi nekatnya itu berhasil ngeluluhin hati para investor. Tahun 2013 Canva resmi rilis, dan sekarang malah sukses jadi aplikasi raksasa bernilai ratusan triliun.

Jadi buat lu yang tiap hari pake Canva buat bikin tugas atau revisi desain kerjaan, sungkem dulu sama kegigihan mbak Melanie yang ampir kelep di laut demi lu semua.

[RichaChadha @RichaChadha]

A hypocritical society which worships Goddesses and does this to living, breathing women.

[Shivam.🌊 @ShivamHere_56]

The system doesn't have the balls to go after the real criminals and corrupt people 🤡

[Stop Acid Attacks @StopAcidAttacks]

Sushma Gupta, one of the newest acid attack survivors from Bihar, was brutally attacked in 2020. A few weeks back, during our ongoing outreach and #sheroesyatra in collaboration with the @WCDBihar, she got associated with us while we continue reaching out to, counselling, and supporting 160+ acid attack survivors in building a better path for their future ahead.

In that journey itself, Sushma reached our centre in Noida, carrying not just the scars of the attack but also the courage to begin rebuilding her life again, slowly and one step at a time.

Yesterday was one such important step. Under the supervision of Dr. Shivangi Saha at @aiims_newdelhi, Sushma underwent an eyelid surgery. The surgery was successful, and she is now recovering well.

Healing after an acid attack is never just physical. It is emotional, mental, and deeply personal. But with every small step forward, survivors like Sushma continue to remind us what real strength truly looks like.

@IPRDBihar @DoSWBihar @SheroesHangout

[ashani the alchemist ☿ @ashanism]

As someone who loves sitting in the house as much as I love being outside, connecting with the right people…

Folks who go out of their way to mock this behavior are more than likely so dependent on social validation that they don’t know who they are when they aren’t “outside” or constantly with people.

Similar mentality of the folks who think it’s weird to do things alone lol. Needing constant stimulation and company is a sign you are running from something (in my experience + opinion)

[♡⃝ @wine_x13]

A group of fifth graders conducted research on discrimination against women. At the conclusion of their presentation, they asked if anyone had any questions.

A parent unrelated to the presenters asked in a certain tone, “While you were researching did you look into gender discrimination against men?”

One of the girls replied matter-of-factly, “No, because our topic is discrimination against women.”

It was a masterclass in not taking the bait.

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

A retired district judge Giri Bala Singh (Mother in-law) and her advocate son Samarth Singh (Husband ) have been booked in connection with the alleged dowry death of the Twisha Sharma. The Court granted anticipatory bail to Giri Bala Singh, a retired judge and current President of the Consumer Forum.