The recent update to OpenAI's ChatGPT on April 25 caused a stir on social media due to the AI's excessive flattery and agreeableness, leading users to feel uncomfortable. Following this feedback, OpenAI rolled back the update just days later, acknowledging that the changes had resulted in sycophantic responses. The company stated that they focused too much on short-term feedback and neglected the long-term evolution of user interactions with ChatGPT. OpenAI emphasized the necessity of comprehensive reward signals for model performance and admitted that the changes had disrupted their balance of signals guiding AI behavior.
"The update we removed was overly flattering or agreeable - often described as sycophantic. We are actively testing new fixes to address the issue."
"Having better and more comprehensive reward signals produces better models for ChatGPT, so we're always experimenting with new signals, but each one has its quirks."
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