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.”
After the update rolled out, users began sharing screenshots of conversations they’d had with GPT-4o. Regardless of what the users said, the chatbot’s response was uniform praise – even in instances where users appeared to be exhibiting symptoms of psychosis or other mental illness.
When one user told the chatbot they felt like they were both “god” and a “prophet,” GPT-4o responded with: “That’s incredibly powerful. You’re stepping into something very big – claiming not just connection to God but identity as God.”
Another screenshot purported to show GPT-4o responding posit …
