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Haven't used openai in a bit -- whyyy did they change "system" role (now basically an industry-wide standard) to "developer"? That seems pointlessly disruptive.

• logicchains 2y ago
  They mention in the model card, it's so that they can have a separate "system" role that the user can't change, and they trained the model to prioritise it over the "developer" role, to combat "jailbreaks". Thank God for DeepSeek.
  • sroussey 2y ago
    They should have just created something above system and left as it was.
    • Etheryte 2y ago
      Agreed, just add root and call it a day. Everyone who needs to care can instantly guesstimate what it is.
• BoorishBears 2y ago
  2 years ago I'd say it's an oversight, because there's 0 chance a top down directive would ask for this. But given how OpenAI employees act online these days I wouldn't be surprised if someone on the ground proposed it as a way to screw with all the 3rd parties who are using OpenAI compatible endpoints or even use OpenAI's SDK in their official docs in some cases.