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No more Mr. Nice Guy: Say goodbye to the sycophantic ChatGPT
OpenAI is getting rid of a ChatGPT update that was creeping users out.
OpenAI says its GPT-4o update could be ‘uncomfortable, unsettling, and cause distress’
OpenAI rolled back a GPT-4o update for ChatGPT that caused the chatbot’s default personality to be “overly flattering or ...
Why AI companies keep raising the specter of sentience
As AI companies describe their models in increasingly human terms, critics question whether this is a genuine technical shift, or a calculated narrative to drive hype.
OpenAI rolls back ‘sycophantic’ ChatGPT update after chatbot supports users claiming to leave families, harm animals
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.
Sam Altman says goodbye to GPT-4o as OpenAI reverses latest model update after complaints: ‘You kicked off a revolution’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has confirmed that the company is rolling back its latest update to ChatGPT following widespread user ...
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12 Most Painfully Sycophantic Comments From Trump’s ‘Kim Jong Il-Style’ Cabinet Meeting
President Trump assembled his Cabinet Wednesday for a two-hour meeting — in which every official seated at the table went out of their way to fawn over him.
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The AI Odyssey: From Sycophantic Bots to Code-Writing Machines
Meanwhile, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed at Meta's LlamaCon conference that a staggering 20-30% of the company's code ...
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OpenAI pulls plug on ChatGPT smarmbot that praised user for ditching psychiatric meds
Sycophantic update to GPT-4o rolled back after AI gets over-enthusiastic with the 'glaze' OpenAI has hurriedly rolled back ...