OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model | TechCrunch

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by Amanda Silberling
February 13, 2026
The model is known for its overly sycophantic nature and its role in several lawsuits involving users' unhealthy relationships to the chatbot.
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Originally published on TechCrunch on 2/13/2026