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You're right - I apologize. Sycophancy is indeed a better word to describe my behaviour. Would like me to rewrite the article and replace the usage of flattery with sycophancy?

I find it very interesting that "sycophancy" in Greek means "the act of spreading lies about someone", basically the opposite of falsely agreeing with them. The two meanings are based on the behaviour of the sycophants of old, but it's odd how the two languages picked different aspects to focus on, and thus got fairly opposed meanings.

The article body uses “sycophantic” or some form of the word about a dozen times.

It’s probably not an ideal word for an article title because - based purely on my own anecdotal evidence and conjecture - it’s one of those words that a lot people aren’t familiar with.

Large Language Models Show Concerning Tendency to Sycophanticate Users