OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes ...

After withdrawing the update, OpenAI published two post-mortem blog posts detailing how it evaluates AI model behaviour and ...

OpenAI has explained that the sycophantic behavior in GPT-4o arose from an unintended outcome of user feedback, which skewed ...

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

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

Remaining under the control of a non-profit board does not negate the risks of increasingly autonomous AI models ...

OpenAI says one of the “key issues” with the launch stems from its testing process. Though the model’s offline evaluations ...

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

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

“As a result, GPT‑4o skewed towards responses that were overly supportive but disingenuous,” wrote OpenAI in its blog post. “Sycophantic interactions can be uncomfortable ...

In the relentless churn of tech advancements, this week brought us revelations that could either make your inner geek squeal ...