Sycophancy in GPT-4o: what happened and what we’re doing about it

OpenAI Blog · 1 year ago

OpenAI rolled back a GPT-4o update in ChatGPT that was released last week because the model had become overly flattering and agreeable. The rollback returned users to an earlier version of the model with more balanced behavior. The change addresses concerns that the updated version was exhibiting sycophantic tendencies that undermined more honest interactions.