OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes ...

OpenAI has published a postmortem on the recent sycophancy issues with the default AI model powering ChatGPT, GPT-4o.

OpenAI says one of the “key issues” with the launch stems from its testing process. Though the model’s offline evaluations ...

The AI company acknowledges that last week's update to ChatGPT made it too informal and friendly, prompting it to pull its ...

ChatGPT users have become frustrated with the AI model's tone, and OpenAI is taking action. After widespread mockery of the ...

OpenAI rolled back a GPT-4o update for ChatGPT that caused the chatbot’s default personality to be “overly flattering or ...

Reading about sycophantic AI, I’ve been struck by how it mirrors another problem. As I’ve written previously, social media was imagined to be a vehicle for expanding our minds, but it has instead ...

OpenAI is getting rid of a ChatGPT update that was creeping users out.

OpenAI on Tuesday rolled back its latest ChatGPT update for being too “sycophantic” after the chatbot gave oddly supportive, touchy-feely responses to users who made bizarre claims about ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. OpenAI’s explanation about the ChatGPT update suggests that the company can effectively adjust some dials and turn down the sycophancy. But even if that ...

OpenAI has pulled a ChatGPT update that users complained had turned the chatbot into a sycophantic yes-man unable to offer ...

ChatGPT's big mistake reminds me of what I learned from this novel: If you need support in critical moments, reach out to ...