OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes ...

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 on Tuesday rolled back its latest ChatGPT update for being too “sycophantic” after the chatbot gave oddly supportive, ...

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

OpenAI has rolled back its latest update to ChatGPT, after the artificial intelligence system became dangerously sycophantic.

After a recent update turned ChatGPT into a yes-man, OpenAI rolled it back. But experts say the deeper problem—AI that ...

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

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

You can reach Jon at [email protected] How much of a suck-up was it? In some testing, we asked about a tendency to be overly ...

Once again, it shows the importance of incorporating more domains beyond the traditional math and computer science into AI development.

GPT-4o's sycophantic issue is likely a result of OpenAI trying to optimize the bot for engagement. However, it seems to have ...