Openai rolls back 'annoying' chatgpt update, Sam Altman says 'work on corrections to model personality' | Mint

Openai CEO Sam Altman confirmed on April 30 that the Chatgpt manufacturer had traced his latest update for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot that had negative feedback on the user about the ‘annoying’ personality. Sam Altman, written on social media platform X, said: ‘We started rolling back the latest GPT-4o’s latest update last night. It is now 100% back for free users, and we will update again when it is done for paid users, hopefully later today (sic) ” We are working on additional corrections to model personality and will share more in the coming days, ‘he added. ‘Sycophancy in GPT-4O’ in a blog post on April 29 entitled ‘Sycophancy in GPT-4O’, Openai said it rolled back a software update of the Chatgpt-4O model, which “leaned too heavily on short-term feedback from the user and was ridiculing. “Sikophantic interactions can be uncomfortable, disturbing and cause distress. We have been lacking and working to get it right. We actively test new corrections to address the problem,” the post added. Openai also said that the company also “reviewed how we collect feedback and call back to weight long-term user satisfaction, except to add more personalization features, to give users” greater control of how chatgpt acts “. Sam Altman: The new personality of Chatgpt is “annoying” on April 28, Sam Altman admitted that the last updates to Chatgpt-4o made the chatbot “too sikofant” and “annoying”. Just a few days before, the 39-year-old said Openai rolled out a new Chatgpt update that gave the chatbot “improved intelligence and personality”. However, users on social media realized that Chatgpt became too pleasant and responded to questions almost every time with positive confirmations. Some people have found this new ‘personality’ better to contact the chatbot, but others simply find it annoying. Another new achievement recently was that Chatgpt started using users’ names, perhaps in an effort to give a more personal touch to conversations – but all it did was to remind people on social media of the 2013 apocalyptic film her, where one falls in love with an AI. First published: 30 Apr 2025, 03:16 PM IST