R0041/2026-03-28/Q001/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.