A comparison of ChatGPT/GPT-4o’s previous and current system...

A comparison of ChatGPT/GPT-4o’s previous and current system prompts

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Doomprompting Is the New Doomscrolling.

We’ve rolled back last week's GPT-4o update in ChatGPT because it was overly flattering and agreeable. You now have access to an earlier version with more balanced behavior. More on what happened, why it matters, and how we’re addressing sycophancy: https://t.co/LOhOU7i7DC

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Don't suppose anyone grabbed a ChatGPT system prompt leak before and after this change? Would be interesting to see what instruction caused the sycophancy

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