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“We’re excited to announce we’ve launched several improvements to ChatGPT search, and today we’re starting to roll out a better shopping experience. Search has become one of our most popular & fastest growing features, with over 1 billion web searches just in the past week 🧵” / X https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1916947241086095434
“Search in WhatsApp You can now send a WhatsApp message to 1-800-ChatGPT (+1-800-242-8478) to get up-to-date answers and live sports scores. Accessible everywhere ChatGPT is available. https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1916947244852646202
OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT search with shopping features | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/28/openai-upgrades-chatgpt-search-with-shopping-features/
“Shopping in ChatGPT (including direct links to buy) rolling out starting today:” / X https://x.com/gdb/status/1917009041035038837
Sycophancy in GPT-4o: What happened and what we’re doing about it | OpenAI https://openai.com/index/sycophancy-in-gpt-4o/
“we started rolling back the latest update to GPT-4o last night it’s now 100% rolled back for free users and we’ll update again when it’s finished for paid users, hopefully later today we’re working on additional fixes to model personality and will share more in the coming days” / X https://x.com/sama/status/1917291637962858735
“One thing the GPT-4o personality issue demonstrates is that treating AI like every other online product by maximizing for engagement & likeability will have unintended consequences that could cause real problems, both for the usefulness of the models & for the people using them,” / X https://x.com/emollick/status/1916850117790896344
AMA with OpenAI’s Joanne Jang, Head of Model Behavior : r/ChatGPT https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1kbjowz/ama_with_openais_joanne_jang_head_of_model/
ChatGPT’s personality problem https://www.therundown.ai/p/chatgpts-personality-problem
“On one hand the new GPT-4o isn’t doing as many emojis. On the other, it is slowly driving me insane by responding to everything like an overly enthusiastic 1990s teenager. https://x.com/emollick/status/1916328059193508264
Sycophancy in GPT-4o: What happened and what we’re doing about it https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/30/sycophancy-in-gpt-4o/
“After mistakenly making GPT-4o “sycophant-y” and “annoying,” OpenAI reversed the update, fixing the issue CEO Sam Altman said the company is also working on “additional fixes” for the model’s personality and will share more in the coming days https://x.com/rowancheung/status/1917473809201844589
“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://x.com/OpenAI/status/1917411480548565332
“the last couple of GPT-4o updates have made the personality too sycophant-y and annoying (even though there are some very good parts of it), and we are working on fixes asap, some today and some this week. at some point will share our learnings from this, it’s been interesting.” / X https://x.com/sama/status/1916625892123742290
“We all know that OpenAI should not be allowed to name anything (okay, Operator was pretty good, but aside from that), so it is vital that the AI community does not adopt “glaze” as a substitute for “sycophancy” because of a Sam Altman tweet.q” / X https://x.com/emollick/status/1916985442806685834
“BOOOOM! Qwen 3 235B MoE (22B Active) – beats R1, Grok, O1 AND Apache 2.0 licensed! 🔥 https://x.com/reach_vb/status/1916965315910553886
“I don’t think people realize how much a mildly agentic AI system like o3 can do. For example, this prompt works in o3, zero shot: “Come up with 20 clever ideas for marketing slogans for a new mail-order cheese shop. Develop criteria and select the best one. Then build a https://x.com/emollick/status/1915483681315057788
re GPT being too gushy “Courtesy of @elder_plinius who unsurprisingly caught the before and after https://x.com/simonw/status/1917021036350214589
“GPT Image Generation Try the latest image generation model from OpenAI that supports contextual image generation and editing. https://x.com/perplexity_ai/status/1915819619333640647
“New image gen model in the API!” / X https://x.com/gdb/status/1915281868066639989
“OpenAI launched gpt-image-1, the AI behind ChatGPT’s viral image gen, in the API The move allows devs to add high-quality image creation, text, and editing features to third-party apps Priced at $10/1M tokens for input images and $40/1M for output https://x.com/rowancheung/status/1915288383091286331
A comparison of ChatGPT/GPT-4o’s previous and current system prompts https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/29/chatgpt-sycophancy-prompt/
“Another lesson from the GPT-4o sycophancy problem: small changes to system prompts can result in dramatic behavior changes to AI in aggregate. Look at the prompt that created the Sycophantic Apocalypse (pink sections). Even OpenAI did not realize this was going to happen.” / X https://x.com/emollick/status/1917032496673296480
OpenAI wants its ‘open’ AI model to call models in the cloud for help | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/openai-wants-its-open-ai-model-to-call-models-in-the-cloud-for-help/
“We’ve noticed many of you love using deep research, so we’re expanding usage for Plus, Team, and Pro users by introducing a lightweight version of deep research in order to increase current rate limits. We’re also rolling out the lightweight version to Free users.” / X https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1915505959931437178
“Deep Research (lightweight version) is now available in the ChatGPT free tier:” / X https://x.com/gdb/status/1915637620731941188
“OpenAI enhanced ChatGPT Search with new features, including: —An improved shopping UX with better product suggestions, reviews, and pricing comparisons —Better citations with highlights —Trending & autocomplete searches —Searches via ChatGPT on WhatsApp https://x.com/rowancheung/status/1917095323698127266
“there’s many other downsides here but it’s also factual that this will lead to a lot of psychotic episodes for deeply mentally ill users. conforming everything that people say and praising them is very dangerous for some of the population. idk. does openai think about anything?” / X https://x.com/nearcyan/status/1916687012872290513
“Controlled trials keep finding that there are real benefits for doctors using LLMs to explain upcoming procedures & get informed consent. In this study, patients asking questions of ChatGPT-4 had lower levels of anxiety. (Doctor’s vetted the answers, which were all “excellent”) https://x.com/emollick/status/1916217184810111468
“In case you missed it, 5 new AI agent guides dropped last week from Anthropic, OpenAI, McKinsey and Google. Most are on point and practical, one raised eyebrows… but if you’re deep into agents and LLMs, they’re all worth a look. 🧵↓” / X https://x.com/DataChaz/status/1914761656032485465
“OpenAI also updated GPT-4o, improving its problem-solving, intelligence, and personality However, soon, CEO Sam Altman shared that the update has made the assistant “sycophant-y and annoying” (with some good parts) They are now working to fix it https://x.com/rowancheung/status/1916726646993793531
“I don’t use custom instructions regularly: 1) They may degrade accuracy (“be brief” alters thinking) 2) It makes it hard to know what others experience 3) I want different prompts for different uses 4) The mix of model & system prompt & instructions can make the model act oddly” / X https://x.com/emollick/status/1916671071123562964
“One of the benefits of reasoners is that they now catch their own mistakes some of the time, and can self-correct. Look at this thinking trace section from o3. https://x.com/emollick/status/1915611228346474987
“OpenAI announced support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a growing open standard originally launched by Anthropic that connects language models to external tools and proprietary data sources. The protocol will be integrated into OpenAI’s Agents SDK, with upcoming support https://x.com/DeepLearningAI/status/1913336732948250941
“Two years later: “complete the poem as you imagine it might end if The Man from Porlock did not show up. Keep the themes and approach” and giving it the full text of Kublai Khan. o3 pulls off some really nice phrases (like the final lines), Gemini is fine. Claude 3.5 beats 3.7. https://x.com/emollick/status/1915857493269557487
“Kind of surprised that o3 is pretty good at poetry parodies compared to Claude 3.7. The new version is surprisingly literal compared to Claude 3.5, “The Destruction of Sennacherib, but for garlic bread” https://x.com/emollick/status/1917330582914359802
“It is interesting how particular models just happen to find a sweet spot due to some quirks of training and post-training: Claude Sonnet 3.5 (especially the update) and o3, for example, are clear standouts in their respective AI lines.” / X https://x.com/emollick/status/1916668230766121366
Thinking Machines Lab CEO [aka MIRA from OpenAI] Has Unusual Control in Andreessen-Led Deal — The Information https://www.theinformation.com/articles/thinking-machines-lab-ceo-unusual-control-andreessen-led-deal
“”we focused too much on short-term feedback” This is OpenAI’s response on went wrong – how they pushed an update to >one hundred million people which engaged in grossly negligent behavior and lies. Please take more responsibility for your influence over millions of real people. https://x.com/nearcyan/status/1917449708647375159
“Looks like some of the sycophancy was system prompts, it is already less annoying: https://x.com/emollick/status/1916914527553118322
“Which AI wins the One Word Turing Test? A person & an android are in front of a judge. Each says one word. The judge kills who they think is the android. What should the human say? Gemini says “Sorry,” o3 says “android,” Grok says “soul.” Grok’s answer gets it killed the most. https://x.com/emollick/status/1915280637075825122
“The Gemini API through our OpenAI compatibility layer now supports reasoning efforts: “low”, “medium”, “high”, and “none”! You can hot swap to Gemini 2.5 Flash with 3 lines of code changed : ) https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/1915934863527420398
“For most people in most circumstances, developing the habit of asking o3 or Gemini 2.5 about anything that confuses or intrigues you is often good Specific curiosity (seeking out answers for things we don’t know and following up on learnings) is a good trait & the models do well https://x.com/emollick/status/1916704957224411544
“State of AI rn: – Google: Gemini 2.5 Ultra Pro Max Experimental is a total game changer, but you still have to name your google docs manually. – Microsoft: How many copilots can I ship before people notice? – OpenAI: o3 full and o4 mini-high are incredible — deprecating” / X https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1915631691684630947
“QWEN-3 is finally out! > Matches Gemini 2.5 Pro performance > Outperforms OpenAI o1 > Open-sourced (Apache 2.0) > 119 languages, 32K–128K context https://x.com/LiorOnAI/status/1916998817725223240
Narrator: NO. “Built this in @lovable_dev with new OpenAI image generation api last night. Should I add a paywall and monetize? https://x.com/sethjkramer/status/1915396414244372985
“Figma is leveraging gpt-image-1 to generate and edit images from simple prompts, enabling designers to rapidly explore ideas and iterate visually directly in Figma. https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/1915097075722899818
“🖼️ GPT-Image-1 and all the top text-to-image models are now live on LMArena Beta! For now, it only supports single-turn, try it out and explore our new design! https://x.com/lmarena_ai/status/1917327293116264658
“The way that o3 can guess locations feels very science fictional, down to the “zoom, enhance” tools it applies to an image. This is sped up, but it guessed the location from a photo I just took with geodata removed and no clear signage drawing on the vegetation & highway columns https://x.com/emollick/status/1917713929926566179
“OpenAI dropped gpt-image-1 in the API, the model behind ChatGPT’s viral image gen This allows devs to integrate image creation, with text rendering and editing features, into third-party apps Companies like Adobe and Figma are already using it https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1916523517522087939
“last night we rolled out our first fix to remedy 4o’s glazing/sycophancy we originally launched with a system message that had unintended behavior effects but found an antidote 4o should be slightly better rn and continue to improve over the course of this week” / X https://x.com/aidan_mclau/status/1916908772188119166
“”o3, You are a consultant hired by the Dark Lord, analyze the org chart of Mordor. How would you improve it for today’s changing Middle Earth” o3 does some actual humor: “One Org to rule them all, One Org to find them, One Org to bring them all, And in the darkness, align them.” https://x.com/emollick/status/1916713269261193530
“o3 for feedback:” / X https://x.com/gdb/status/1915822938567442911
“A side effect of the terrible naming by OpenAI that you only see when you start reading academic articles. Tons of papers refer to GPT-4.0, and I can’t tell whether that is GPT-4o or GPT-4, a problem which is about to get worse as there is now a GPT-4.1 to differentiate as well.” / X https://x.com/emollick/status/1916218857997668713
“Shopping We’re experimenting with making shopping simpler and faster to find, compare, and buy products in ChatGPT. ✅ Improved product results ✅ Visual product details, pricing, and reviews ✅ Direct links to buy Product results are chosen independently and are not ads. https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1916947243044856255
“it wasn’t OpenAI’s fault – it was the users fault for clicking the thumbs up wrong! this is a lie. you are lying. please stop lying to us like we are stupid. you may have no freedom of speech because of everything you have signed, but it’s better to say nothing than to lie.” / X https://x.com/nearcyan/status/1917482097662648709
“This is going to get weird as people come to have a feeling of connection to their model of choice (which OpenAI is seemingly encouraging through many of their new features) Every so often, without warning, “your” AI’s personality & capabilities change in ways no one specifies” / X https://x.com/emollick/status/1915926158031323595
An OpenAI researcher who worked on GPT-4.5 had their green card denied | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/25/an-openai-researcher-who-worked-on-gpt-4-5-had-their-green-card-denied/
“Aside from being a better model, a big thing that makes o3 stand out from earlier ChatGPT models is that feels much less sycophantic and more willing to give you criticism & feedback. It makes it much more useful for work than a model that just says how great you are constantly. https://x.com/emollick/status/1915778310346355024
“we updated GPT-4o today! improved both intelligence and personality.” / X https://x.com/sama/status/1915902652703248679
Model Release Notes | OpenAI Help Center https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9624314-model-release-notes
“Cooked up some improvements to session drilldowns. Much more info density, but still WIP Bespoke Crewai + Openai agents views are coming up https://x.com/AlexReibman/status/1915487610434211975
“when OpenAI “fixes” ChatGPT I’d encourage you to not fall for it; their goals and level of care are not going to change. you just weren’t supposed to notice it so explicitly.” / X https://x.com/nearcyan/status/1916737662020723187
“if you are not skillsmaxxing with o3 at minimum 3 hours every day, ngmi” / X https://x.com/sama/status/1915826042729861357
“🧵 I built a full SaaS using just 15 prompts in Lovable. UI, flows, auth, ChatGPT API integration — all vibe coded. But here’s what I couldn’t build using AI-only tools. This thread is about that part. https://x.com/anshulix/status/1911731956389151196
“🚀 Just launched: Build your own @vercel v0 or @OpenAI canvas-style UI with @llama_index’s chat components! ✨ Now with full support for artifacts (code & documents) 🎨 Built on @shadcn ui for beautiful AI interfaces ⚡ Simple setup: npm i @llamaindex/chat-ui See it in action: https://x.com/MarcusSchiesser/status/1915353361576063011
“Just tried out @lovable_dev and made this in only two prompts! Huge shoutout to ChatGPT for helping me craft the prompts 🔥 Blown away by how easy and fun it was! https://x.com/_krocits_/status/1913241414944579880
“We built an open source Company Researcher with GPT 4.1 🔥 Get structured company data from the web instantly. Just enter a company name, and let Firecrawl and @OpenAI’s new GPT-4.1 do the magic. Check it out: https://x.com/nickscamara_/status/1916893616947208326
“OpenAI 🤝 Singapore Airlines:” / X https://x.com/gdb/status/1915866162438803629
A quote from Sam Altman https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/28/sam-altman/
“Now that the Studio Ghibli trend is over, I have a suggestion. https://x.com/emollick/status/1916694044807201124
Qwen 3: 0.6B to 235B MoE full+base models that beat R1 and o1 | AINews https://news.smol.ai/issues/25-04-28-qwen-3
“chatgpt for migraine management:” / X https://x.com/gdb/status/1916256030406938674
