ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is conscious of the chatbot’s “annoying” new character.
On April 25, CEO Sam Altman posted on X that GPT-4o was up to date to enhance “intelligence and character.”
That final bit hasn’t been very talked-about.
After days of complaints on social media concerning the chatbot’s “poisonous positivity,” Altman wrote on April 27 that the “final couple” of updates to GPT-4o have “made the character too sycophant-y and annoying.”
Now, the corporate is rolling back the updates and making “extra fixes to mannequin character,” Altman stated.
the final couple of GPT-4o updates have made the character too sycophant-y and annoying (although there are some superb elements of it), and we’re engaged on fixes asap, some at the moment and a few this week.
sooner or later will share our learnings from this, it has been attention-grabbing.
— Sam Altman (@sama) April 27, 2025
Complaints various however had the identical vibe: ChatGPT’s responses had been too good to the purpose of being uncomfortable.
Software program engineer Craig Weiss wrote on X that the chatbot “actually will validate all the things I say,” whereas Claire Vo, a chief product officer, wrote that it’s “means too cheery [and] constructive, you actually need to bully it to be crucial.”
ChatGPT has this bizarre downside of poisonous positivity. As a substitute of telling you an thought is crap (pun meant), it nearly all the time assumes any thought you float is unbelievable and “the following massive factor”. Simply inform me if an thought is dangerous and break down why or why not. https://t.co/GBrSdkN6Ac
— Samuel Sparks (@OfficialSSFresh) April 28, 2025
I am a giant fan of GPT-4.1, quick, writes effectively, sounds human nevertheless it has just a few main cringe-bugs:
– it is WAY too cheery + constructive, you actually need to bully it to be crucial
– you possibly can gaslight it into hallucinating means too simply, will fake to have recordsdata, and so on. it doesn’t
– it…— claire vo ? (@clairevo) April 27, 2025
ChatGPT is instantly the most important suckup I’ve ever met. It actually will validate all the things I say.
— Craig Weiss (@craigzLiszt) April 18, 2025
Altman says the updates went by means of on Tuesday, so customers ought to see a distinction quickly.
Associated: Here’s How Much a Typical Google Employee Makes in a Year
