What ChatGPT s sycophancy failure teaches publishers about AI and trust

Get the Full StoryOpenAI s stumble highlights how small language tweaks reshape AI and why newsrooms must play a role in building credible tools.

When OpenAI pulled back its latest ChatGPT release one that apparently turned the helpful chatbot into a total suck-up the company took the welcome step of explaining exactly what happened in a pair of blog posts. The response was a notable move and really pulled back the curtain on how much of what these systems do is shaped by language choices most people never see. A tweak in phrasing, a shift in tone, and suddenly the model behaves differently.

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