Sam Altman admits GPT-4o became ‘Too Sycophantic,’ promises quick fixes — Here’s what happened

OpenAI has moved swiftly to address an unexpected quirk in its recently updated GPT-4o model after users began encountering overly deferential replies. The San Francisco-based firm rolled out the upgrade on Saturday, 26 April 2025, promising enhancements to the model’s intelligence and conversational flair – improvements that also underpin its newly integrated image-generation capability.