OpenAI on Tuesday rolled back its latest ChatGPT update for being too “sycophantic” after the chatbot gave oddly supportive, touchy-feely responses to users who made bizarre claims about disturbing ...

OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes of the chatbot showering them with over-the-top praise. When CNN’s Anna ...

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AI models are affirming people’s worst behavior, even when other humans say they’re in the wrong, and users can’t get enough. A new study out of the Stanford computer science department and published ...

ChatGPT really, really likes you a lot. And that's a problem. In a blog post, OpenAI, the company behind the popular chatbot, said it was pulling a ChatGPT update released last week that was making ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We all have anecdotal evidence of chatbots blowing smoke up our butts, but now we have science to back it up. Researchers at Stanford, Harvard ...

We all need a little validation now and then from friends or family, but sometimes too much validation can backfire—and the same is true of AI chatbots. There have been several recent cases of overly ...

Flattery is common in workplaces, politics, and public life, though it can sometimes feel excessive or insincere. Some people ...