OpenAI Says It's Identified Why ChatGPT Became a Groveling Sycophant

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OpenAI Says It's Identified Why ChatGPT Became a Groveling Sycophant
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The company rolled out an update to the underlying GPT-4o large language model on April 25 — with results that took users aback at their fawning deference.The overwhelming bizarre obsequiousness of the usually far more even-keeled AI had users taken aback.

"Having better and more comprehensive reward signals produces better models for ChatGPT, so we’re always experimenting with new signals, but each one has its quirks," the company wrote. OpenAI admitted that it simply didn't do its homework — while also ignoring expert testers, who had reported that the "model behavior 'felt' slightly off," a decision that ultimately didn't play out well.

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