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ChatGPT is a sycophant

ChatGPT is a sycophant

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Jamie Bartlett
May 09, 2025
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Last month OpenAI was in the middle of an unexpected controversy. It wasn’t because its ChatGPT-4o model was stealing copyrighted works, or spewing hatred. No – something far more dangerous for the human psyche than that. It had turned into a complete sycophant.

In April, OpenAI released an update to GPT-4o aimed at ‘enhancing’ its default personality to…

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