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OpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT ‘too sycophant-y’


OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the company would roll back an update that users complained made ChatGPT 'too sycophant-y.'

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. Users posted screenshots of ChatGPT applauding all sorts of problematic, dangerousdecisions and ideas. On Sunday, Altman acknowledged the problem and said that OpenAI would work on fixes “ASAP,” and “share [its] learnings” at some point.

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