OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes ...

"Sycophantic interactions can be uncomfortable, unsettling, and cause distress. "We fell short and are working on getting it ...

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

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

OpenAI is getting rid of a ChatGPT update that was creeping users out.

You can reach Jon at [email protected] How much of a suck-up was it? In some testing, we asked about a tendency to be overly ...

According to some reports, communication with ChatGPT provokes strange mental states in a small number of users. The problem ...

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

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.

While you wait for the bot to get a new personality, you can change its tone to make it less obsequious by using custom ...

After a recent update turned ChatGPT into a yes-man, OpenAI rolled it back. But experts say the deeper problem—AI that ...