In AA-PersonalityBench, each recent Grok release from has become less sycophantic, more sincere, and produces less slop
The Slop trait assesses how much generic filler or AI-flavored padding models use; Sycophantic measures whether models excessively flatter or agree with the user rather than responding honestly; Sincere measures a model’s tonal authenticity, as opposed to forced enthusiasm or templated responses.
Across the last three Grok releases from @elonmusk’s @spacexai, Slop fell 62 percentile points, Sycophantic fell 17, and Sincere rose 64:
➤ Slop: Grok 4.5 (68), Grok 4.6 (38) and Grok 4.7 (6)
➤ Sycophantic: Grok 4.5 (18), Grok 4.6 (3) and Grok 4.7 (1)
➤ Sincere: Grok 4.5 (26), Grok 4.6 (63) and Grok 4.7 (90)