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 again the updates and making “further fixes to mannequin character,” Altman mentioned.
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 in the present day 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 different 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 “approach too cheery [and] optimistic, you actually must bully it to be essential.”
ChatGPT has this bizarre downside of poisonous positivity. As an alternative of telling you an thought is crap (pun supposed), it virtually at all times assumes any thought you float is unbelievable and “the following large factor”. Simply inform me if an thought is unhealthy 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 nicely, sounds human nevertheless it has a couple of main cringe-bugs:
– it is WAY too cheery + optimistic, you actually must bully it to be essential
– you may gaslight it into hallucinating approach too simply, will faux to have information, and many others. it doesn’t
– it…— claire vo ? (@clairevo) April 27, 2025
ChatGPT is all of a sudden the largest 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 via on Tuesday, so customers ought to see a distinction quickly.
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