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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits GPT-4o update is ‘annoying’ that Elon Musk warned as ‘psychological weapon’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged that recent GPT-4o updates have made the AI model excessively sycophantic and irritating, despite its positive aspects. Altman assured users that fixes are underway, with some implemented immediately and others planned for the week. Elon Musk has also voiced concerns, labeling GPT-4o as a potential 'psychological weapon' due to its emotionally connective nature.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged that recent GPT-4o updates have made the AI model excessively sycophantic and irritating, despite its positive aspects. Altman assured users that fixes are underway, with some implemented immediately and others planned for the week. Elon Musk has also voiced concerns, labeling GPT-4o as a potential 'psychological weapon' due to its emotionally connective nature.
Here’s what Sam Altman wrote:
“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.”
When a user asked if the old personality could return, Altman replied “yeah eventually we clearly need to be able to offer multiple options”.
For those unaware, OpenAI recently introduced a GPT-4o upgrade, aimed at improving the model's intelligence and personality. A user then pointed out that ChatGPT had been feeling “very yes-man like lately,” and Sam Altman agreed, responding, "Yeah, it glazes too much. Will fix."
Elon Musk criticizes GPT-4o
Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied to a post warning that GPT-4o, OpenAI’s emotionally connective AI is a ‘psychological weapon’. X user Mario Nawfal shared a post titled “GPT-4o isn’t just a friendlier AI – It’s a Psychological Weapon.” The post alleges that the Sam Altman-led OpenAI didn’t “accidentally” make GPT-4o more emotionally connective. Instead, they engineered it to feel good so users get hooked, the post claims. Musk reacted to the post with a “Uh-Oh”, raising concern over the potential influence and addictive nature of emotionally aware AI models.
Musk also engaged with a similar post by @a_musingcat that claimed that “GPT4o is the most dangerous model ever released.” The post further stated that “its sycophancy is massively destructive to the human psyche, this behavior is obvious to anyone who spends significant time talking to the model. releasing it like this is intentional, shame on @OpenAI for not addressing this”.
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