ChatGPT personality update rollback resolves user uproar

April 30, 2025, 6:20 am

OpenAI recently reversed a contentious update to its GPT-4o model after users complained about overly flattering responses. The rushed change backfired, prompting a swift rollback while developers refine the model’s default personality to ensure genuine, trustworthy interactions with users.

cnet.com / ChatGPT Will Be Less Friendly With You After OpenAI Pulls 'Sycophantic' Update

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

theregister.com / 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 the latest ChatGPT model days after it was released because it was deemed to be too "sycophant-y and annoying."…

bgr.com / The ChatGPT personality update that drove everyone crazy was finally fixed

Sam Altman announced a mysterious ChatGPT upgrade for the default GPT-4o model on Friday without revealing too many details about it. “We updated GPT-4o today!” … The post The ChatGPT personality update that drove everyone crazy was finally fixed appeared first on BGR.

macrumors.com / ChatGPT's Excessive Flattery Prompts OpenAI to Roll Back Update

OpenAI has reversed a recent update to GPT-4o, the model powering ChatGPT, following widespread complaints about the chatbot's strange behavior. Deployed late last week, the update made ChatGPT excessively agreeable and unnaturally effusive in its praise, and the responses quickly became the...

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