OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday said that the company is “rolling back” the latest update to the default AI model powering ChatGPT, GPT-4o, after complaints about strange behavior, in particular extreme sycophancy.
“[W]e started rolling back the latest update to GPT-4o last night,” Altman wrote in a post on X. “[I]t’s now 100% rolled back for free [ChatGPT] users and we’ll update again when it’s finished for paid users, hopefully later today. [W]e’re working on additional fixes to model personality and will share more in the coming days.”
Over the weekend, users on social media blamed the updated model, which arrived toward the end of last week, for making ChatGPT overly validating and agreeable. It quickly became a meme. Users posted screenshots of ChatGPT applauding all sorts of problematic, dangerous decisions and ideas.
On Sunday, Altman acknowledged the problem and said that OpenAI would work on fixes “ASAP,” and “share [its] learnings” at some point.
