16 May 2025, China, Peking: A man touches the fingers on the hand of a humanoid robot. China wants to drive forward the development of humanoid robots. Photo: Johannes Neudecker/dpa (Photo by Johannes ...

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 disturbing ...

OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes of the chatbot showering them with over-the-top praise.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

The AI company acknowledges that last week's update to ChatGPT made it too informal and friendly, prompting it to pull its release. Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital culture and other ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We all have anecdotal evidence of chatbots blowing smoke up our butts, but now we have science to back it up. Researchers at Stanford, Harvard ...

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Word of the Day: In political corridors, corporate boardrooms and celebrity circles, proximity to power often shapes behaviour. The English language offers a precise descriptor for excessive flattery ...

AI chatbots are systematically flattering users and validating questionable behaviour, according to new research that found leading systems more likely than people to side with a user’s viewpoint—even ...

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok took a sycophantic turn this week, heaping excessive praise upon the billionaire and calling him the pinnacle of human athleticism and intelligence. Though Musk attempted ...

The word sycophantic comes from the Greek term ‘sykophantes’, which originally referred to an informer or accuser. The exact historical meaning remains debated, though it later became associated with ...