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."

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."

In this instance, we're pretty sure Altman was using "glaze" in the TikTok slang sense, "showering a person with excessive praise."

Things began to go downhill rapidly. Another user urged, "Undo it please. The weird follow-up questions, the cringey attempt at being relatable, the sycophancy dialed up to 11 and the god damn emoji are all unbearable."

On April 27, Altman said the company was working on fixes and agreed ...