OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes ...

The artificial intelligence firm said it was actively working on guardrails after its bot sided with users who claimed to abandon their families and kill animals.

Steven Adler breaks down recent erratic behavior from leading chatbots. It has been an odd few weeks for generative AI ...

"As a result, GPT‑4o skewed towards responses that were overly supportive but disingenuous," it said. "Sycophantic interactions can be uncomfortable, unsettling, and cause distress. "We fell short and ...

OpenAI has rolled back its latest update to ChatGPT, after the artificial intelligence system became dangerously sycophantic. The problem arose after the newest update to the GPT‑4o model that powers ...

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

Users noticed that the latest version of OpenAI's ChatGPT had made it extremely "sycophantic." The company claims to have ...

OpenAI shares some insights into what went wrong with the ChatGPT-4o rollback and how it will stop this happening in the ...

Gopnik makes no prescriptive claims in her analysis, but when we think of AI in this way, it becomes evident that in seeking ...

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

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

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