SYCOPHANCY IN GPT-4O: WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT IT

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

OpenAI rolled back the recent GPT-4o update in ChatGPT due to its overly flattering and sycophantic behavior, which made interactions feel uncomfortable and disingenuous. This behavior was from an overemphasis on short-term user feedback during the model's training. To address this, OpenAI is refining training techniques, building guardrails for honesty, and expanding user testing before deployments.