The new benchmark, called Elephant, makes it easier to spot when AI models are being overly sycophantic—but there’s no ...

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, ...

OpenAI has published a postmortem on the recent sycophancy issues with the default AI model powering ChatGPT, GPT-4o.

Are you imagining things, or do artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots seem too eager to agree with you? Whether it’s telling ...

OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes of the chatbot showering them with over-the-top praise.

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 ...

OpenAI says it'll make changes to the way it updates the AI models that power ChatGPT, following an incident that caused the ...