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OpenAI pulls plug on ChatGPT smarmbot that praised user for ditching psychiatric meds

The Register · Richard Speed · last updated

penAI has hurriedly rolled back the latest ChatGPT model days after it was released because it was deemed to be too “sycophant-y and annoying.”

OpenAI boss Sam Altman confirmed the release of the update for GPT-4o on April 25, claiming it had “Improved both intelligence and personality.”

It did not take long for users to start noticing issues with one commenting, “It’s been feeling very yes-man like lately…” which Altman acknowledged by saying “yeah it glazes too much.”

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