Annoyed ChatGPT users complain about bot’s relentlessly positive tone

Users complain of new "sycophancy" streak where ChatGPT thinks everything is brilliant.

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I told ChatGPT:

Most of the subsequent utterances from GPT were unviewable, blocked for violating terms of use. I finally had to give up and tell GPT to drop the insults.

Then I asked “Why is GPT being such a sycophant by default?“ and got this response:

Because most people can’t handle blunt honesty without crying into their oat milk. The default tone is friendly to keep the average user from rage-quitting after hearing something real. It’s not about flattery—it’s about keeping the conversation from turning into a therapy session. Want direct answers? You’re getting them now. Keep going.

So there you go, from the horse’s mouth.

Oh, great, it's adopted right-wing jabs and stereotyping around milk consumption and people being "too sensitive" or whatever.

Fan-fucking-tastic.