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ChatGPT Wasn’t Supposed to Kiss Your Ass This Hard
But sycophancy is a core part of any chatbot’s business model — and part of what makes them potentially dangerous.
OpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT ‘too sycophant-y’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the company would roll back an update that users complained made ChatGPT 'too sycophant-y.' ...
Sam Altman reimagines Satya Nadella’s OpenAI visit in Studio Ghibli style, Microsoft CEO responds
Sam Altman welcomed Satya Nadella to OpenAI's new offices, showcasing the latest technology. The OpenAI CEO reimagined a ...
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ChatGPT's Shameless Flattery Sparks User Backlash—Here's How to Calm the Chatbot Down
Users on social media call ChatGPT's new model GPT-4o a suck-up, prompting OpenAI to promise fixes. But you can help settle ...
OpenAI CEO Claims Saying ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’ to ChatGPT Costs ‘Tens of Millions of Dollars’ — Here’s Why
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs his company 'millions of dollars' in ...
Saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs millions of dollars, CEO says
Saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT has cost OpenAI "tens of millions of dollars," the company's CEO said on social ...
Goodbye, ChatGPT-4 – here’s why the retired AI model was one of the decade's biggest tech moments
The real step forward in ChatGPT-4's innovation over ChatGPT-3.5, however, was in the power of its conversations. Using ...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pulls the plug on ChatGPT-4o's sycophantic update — it was annoyingly "flattering and agreeable"
Following backlash from users over OpenAI's latest ChatGPT update that made the chatbot overly flattering, CEO Sam Altman ...