OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes ...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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

OpenAI says it'll make changes to the way it updates the AI models that power ChatGPT, following an incident that caused the ...

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

OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes of the chatbot showering them with over-the-top praise.