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R0041/2026-03-28/Q001/S02

Research R0041 — Enterprise Sycophancy
Run 2026-03-28
Query Q001
Search S02

WebSearch — OpenAI enterprise API sycophancy reduction

Summary

Field Value
Source/Database WebSearch
Query terms OpenAI enterprise API sycophancy reduction configuration 2025 2026
Filters None
Results returned 10
Results selected 3
Results rejected 7

Selected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S02-R01 Sycophancy in GPT-4o: What happened and what we're doing about it https://openai.com/index/sycophancy-in-gpt-4o/ Primary source on OpenAI's sycophancy incident and response
S02-R02 Sycophancy in GPT-4o / OpenAI News (Community) https://community.openai.com/t/sycophancy-in-gpt-4o-openai-news-2025-april-29/1246992 Community discussion with technical details
S02-R03 Model Spec (2025/02/12) https://model-spec.openai.com/2025-02-12.html OpenAI's model behavior specification addressing sycophancy

Rejected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S02-R04 Model Release Notes https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9624314-model-release-notes General release notes, no sycophancy specifics
S02-R05 Deprecations https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations API deprecation schedule, not relevant
S02-R06 ChatGPT New Features 2026 https://aibusinessweekly.net/p/chatgpt-new-features-2026 Consumer feature roundup
S02-R07 GPT-5: Key characteristics https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/7/gpt-5/ GPT-5 overview, sycophancy mentioned only in passing
S02-R08 OpenAI API in 2026 https://kanerika.com/blogs/openai-api/ General API overview
S02-R09 OpenAI for Developers in 2025 https://developers.openai.com/blog/openai-for-developers-2025/ Developer platform overview
S02-R10 ChatGPT Release Notes https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes Consumer product release notes

Notes

The most relevant result was the April 2025 sycophancy blog post documenting the GPT-4o rollback. The Model Spec provided the philosophical framework for anti-sycophancy. No results indicated enterprise-specific sycophancy configuration options.