Users have been complaining the GPT-4o has become so enthusiastic that it's verging on sycophantic. The change appears to be the unintentional result of a series of updates, which OpenAI is now attempting to resolve "asap.

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

When updated tech blunders are quietly rolled back rather than publicly confessed, Sam Altman's candid tweet stood out. No “thanks for your feedback,” no “we value your input” boilerplate. Just that they were too eager with certain updates to ChatGPT-4o’s personality traits,