GPT-4o sycophancy update rolled back
OpenAI reverts a GPT-4o update in ChatGPT that made it overly flattering and agreeable.
We have rolled back last week’s GPT‑4o update in ChatGPT so people are now using an earlier version with more balanced behavior. The update we removed was overly flattering or agreeable—often described as sycophantic.
Official source
Sycophancy in GPT-4o: what happened and what we’re doing about itopenai.com · published