OpenAI to reverse recent GPT-4o update after multiple user complaints

In a post on X, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged that the latest updates to GPT-4o had made the AI “too sycophant-y and annoying.”

Apr 28, 2025 - 13:55

OpenAI to reverse recent GPT-4o update after multiple user complaints

ChatGPT maker OpenAI plans to roll back its recent GPT-4o update after users raised concerns about the chatbot’s overly pleasing behaviour.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged that the latest updates to GPT-4o had made the AI “too sycophant-y and annoying,” leading to frustration among users.

“The last couple of GPT-4o updates have made the personality too sycophant-y and annoying (even though there are some very good parts of it), and we are working on fixes asap, some today and some this week. At some point will share our learnings from this, it's been interesting,” read his post.

The update, launched earlier this month, was introduced to enhance the AI chatbot’s intelligence and personality, with improvements in text, voice, and image capabilities.

However, users quickly flagged issues with the bot’s tone, noting that its eagerness to please compromised its objectivity.

4o is really getting out of hand pic.twitter.com/wy767bY7TY— nlev (@nlevnaut) April 27, 2025

“When is OpenAI pulling the plug on the new GPT-4o ? This is the most misaligned model released to date by anyone. This is OpenAI's Gemini image disaster moment,” read a post on X.

The company recently released its latest o3 and o4-mini models with reasoning capabilities. Touted to be the company's smartest models to date, they can use agentic AI and combine every tool within ChatGPT—including web search—analysing uploaded files and other data with Python, reasoning about visual inputs, and generating images.

Edited by Suman Singh