Skip to main content Mobile menu button Mobile search button
The Runway Air Force Logo
  • ADELE
  • Help
  • Request membership
  • Log in
Home
Articles (2847) Collections Topics
Runway Flix (117) Archive (1764)
Search
Search
Close
Military Management

OpenAI pulls ‘annoying’ and ‘sycophantic’ ChatGPT version

Anna Stewart, Maisie Linford and Issy Ronald
18 August 2025
3 min
PME All levels

BLUF

OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT responses to personal analysis appear sycophantic. A predisposition to sycophancy can lead to a distorted picture of one’s own intelligence, prevent people from learning and erode trust.
READ: OpenAI pulls ‘annoying’ and ‘sycophantic’ ChatGPT version

References

  • CNN: Mostly factual reporting
  • COLLECTIONS/The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
  • RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC. 
 

Related articles

8 Jul 2025
Military Management

Being monitored at work? A new report calls for tougher workplace surveillance controls

4 minutes
11 Nov 2025
Military Management

Soldiers need better way to evacuate casualties, enlisted leaders say

3 minutes
Soldiers from the Timor-Leste Defence Force practice welding under supervision from a member of the Royal New Zealand Army Logistics Corps during Exercise HARI'I HAMUTUK 2024, in Metinaro Military Base, Timor-Leste.
28 Nov 2025
Military Management

Why do we think hard work is virtuous? Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic gives a sharp answer

5 minutes
4363
26 August 2024

TED TALK: How to set the right goals and stay motivated

PME Level: All levels
18 minutes
Stay in the loop
  • ADELE
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • About
  • Contribute
  • Privacy
  • Acceptable Use Policy
  • Strategic Partner – Interserv

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that images and names of deceased persons may appear on this website

  • Help
  • Request membership
  • Login
  • Home
  • Articles (2847)
  • Collections (37)
  • Topics
  • Runway Flix (117)
  • Archive (1764)
  • Events
  • Wirraway (ADELE)
  • Search