The response from Altman regarding ChatGPT's sycophantic tone shows the importance of listening to your customers—and getting AI's voice right.

Less than 48 hours after announcing an update to GPT-4o that promised improvements in “both intelligence and personality,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the chatbot had become “too sycophant-y and annoying.” In an April 27th post on X, Altman said fixes to GPT-4o’s personality would be coming “asap.”

Users say the recent updates to GPT-4o have made the chatbot spew "toxic positivity" that validates "everything" you say.