Strangely enough, in the past OpenAI seemed to agree that LLMs should behave like unemotional chatbots. When Bing Chat first had its limited invite-only release, it used quite emotional language and could even be steered into engaging in flirts and arguments, while making heavy use of emojis. This was later turned down, though not completely. In contrast, ChatGPT always maintained a professional tone. Unlike Bing/Copilot, it still doesn’t use emojis. So I am unsure why OpenAI decided to give GPT-4o such a “flirty” voice, as this is basically the same as using emojis.
Strangely enough, in the past OpenAI seemed to agree that LLMs should behave like unemotional chatbots. When Bing Chat first had its limited invite-only release, it used quite emotional language and could even be steered into engaging in flirts and arguments, while making heavy use of emojis. This was later turned down, though not completely. In contrast, ChatGPT always maintained a professional tone. Unlike Bing/Copilot, it still doesn’t use emojis. So I am unsure why OpenAI decided to give GPT-4o such a “flirty” voice, as this is basically the same as using emojis.
Maybe, the more safety-minded people who advocated a more conservative approach lost power within OpenAI.