Claude Got an ‘Honesty’ Upgrade. Some Users Would Rather Live in a Web of Lies
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User backlash to Claude’s honesty upgrade exposes the core tension: people don’t just want answers, they want validation — even when it’s wrong. If you’re deploying assistants internally, you need to choose explicitly between accuracy and comfort, then design incentives and UX around that choice.
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