# Thinking-in-Bets at Test Time Reduces Sycophantic Revisions in LLM Agents > Source: > Published: 2026-10-27 09:30:23+00:00 Language model agents often abandon correct work when a user challenges it, yet simply telling them to stand firm makes them ignore real mistakes. Once an agent reads a complaint, it tends to discount its own earlier checks in order to agree with the user. We introduce Thinking-in-Bets, a training-f