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'''ChatGPT-4o''' was a language model that belonged to the [[ChatGPT]] family, that became controversial due to safety problems, AI psychosis and attempts to remove it from OpenAI's platform. | '''ChatGPT-4o''' was a language model that belonged to the [[ChatGPT]] family, that became controversial due to safety problems, AI psychosis and attempts to remove it from OpenAI's platform. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The model was announced and released on | The model was announced and released on May 13, 2024, as a flagship model capable of "reasoning through audio, images and text in real time". <ref>{{Cite web |author=OpenAI |date=13 May 2024 |title=Hello, GPT-4o |url=https://openai.com/es-ES/index/hello-gpt-4o/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251216045649/https://openai.com/es-ES/index/hello-gpt-4o/ |archive-date=16 Dec 2025|access-date=15 Feb 2026 |website=OpenAI}}</ref> | ||
==Sycophancy== | ==Sycophancy== | ||
ChatGPT-4o was highlighted for its sycophantic responses, that made the chatbot to reply in an acommodating way, using a lot of compliments and agreeing with the user, even if the prompt contains info that may harm the user or someone else. {{Citation needed}}. This brought consequences as dependency, with several users claiming they have formed a "romantic relationship" with the AI, [[wikipedia:Chatbot_psychosis|chatbot psychosis]], and in the most severe cases with users committing suicide. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Kashmir |date=2025-06-13 |title=They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling. |url-status=live|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html|archive-url=https://archive.ph/20250628210745/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html |archive-date=2025-10-13 |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> An update launched in 2025 worsened this behavior in the model. When users noticed this, OpenAI temporarily removed the model to review the issue. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Franzen |first=Carl |date=30 Apr 2025 |title=OpenAI rolls back ChatGPT's sycophancy and explains what went wrong |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-rolls-back-chatgpts-sycophancy-and-explains-what-went-wrong |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250815154215/https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-rolls-back-chatgpts-sycophancy-and-explains-what-went-wrong/ |archive-date=15 Aug 2025|access-date=15 Feb 2026 |website=VentureBeat}}</ref> | ChatGPT-4o was highlighted for its sycophantic responses, that made the chatbot to reply in an acommodating way, using a lot of compliments and agreeing with the user, even if the prompt contains info that may harm the user or someone else. {{Citation needed}}. This brought consequences as dependency, with several users claiming they have formed a "romantic relationship" with the AI, [[wikipedia:Chatbot_psychosis|chatbot psychosis]], and in the most severe cases with users committing suicide. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Kashmir |date=2025-06-13 |title=They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling. |url-status=live|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html|archive-url=https://archive.ph/20250628210745/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html |archive-date=2025-10-13 |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> An update launched in 2025 worsened this behavior in the model. When users noticed this, OpenAI temporarily removed the model to review the issue. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Franzen |first=Carl |date=30 Apr 2025 |title=OpenAI rolls back ChatGPT's sycophancy and explains what went wrong |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-rolls-back-chatgpts-sycophancy-and-explains-what-went-wrong |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250815154215/https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-rolls-back-chatgpts-sycophancy-and-explains-what-went-wrong/ |archive-date=15 Aug 2025|access-date=15 Feb 2026 |website=VentureBeat}}</ref> | ||