OpenAI Reverses ChatGPT Update Amid Sycophancy Complaints
April 29, 2025, 3:20 pm
In response to user outcry over its overly deferential tone, OpenAI has pulled back a recent update to its ChatGPT model. CEO Sam Altman confirmed the rollback, citing concerns that the AI’s extreme sycophancy was undermining authentic, balanced interactions.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the super-positive update to GPT-4o is being pulled.
OpenAI is rolling back its latest GPT-4o update after CEO Sam Altman said the company would be making fixes to address the chatbot’s “sycophant-y and annoying” personality introduced with recent updates. The rollback, which started Monday night, is “now 100%” rolled back for free ChatGPT...
OpenAI is rolling out an update to GPT-4o in ChatGPT, but as usual there's no official changelog to pore over. The article OpenAI rolls back ChatGPT model update after complaints about tone appeared first on THE DECODER.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday said that the company is “rolling back” the latest update to the default AI model powering ChatGPT, GPT-4o, after complaints about strange behavior, in particular extreme sycophancy. “[W]e started rolling back the latest update to GPT-4o last night,”...
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