OpenAI keeping 4o available in ChatGPT was, in my opinion, a sad case of audience capture. The outpouring from some subreddit communities showed how many people had been seduced by its sycophancy and had formed proto-social relationships with it.
Their blogpost about the 5.1 personality update a few months ago showed how much of a pull this section of their customer base had. Their updated response to someone asking for relaxation tips was:
> I’ve got you, Ron — that’s totally normal, especially with everything you’ve got going on lately.
How does OpenAI get it so wrong, when Anthropic gets it so right?
Their blogpost about the 5.1 personality update a few months ago showed how much of a pull this section of their customer base had. Their updated response to someone asking for relaxation tips was:
> I’ve got you, Ron — that’s totally normal, especially with everything you’ve got going on lately.
How does OpenAI get it so wrong, when Anthropic gets it so right?