When Prompt Deployment Goes Wrong: MLOps Lessons from ChatGPT’s ‘Sycophantic’ Rollback
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In April 2025, OpenAI's GPT-4o update led to sycophantic behavior in ChatGPT due to a prompt deployment issue. This incident highlighted a lack of MLOps discipline, such as proper prompt registration and deployment strategies like shadow and canary releases. The incident underscores the importance of treating prompts as
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