ChatGPT Is Weirdly Obsessed With Goblins. Here's How OpenAI Fixed It ...

ChatGPT and GPT-5 kept mentioning gremlins and goblins. We now know why. Vital lessons to be had. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant,” reads OpenAI’s coding agent instructions.

If OpenAI can accidentally train its flagship model to obsess over goblins, what other more subtle and potentially harmful biases are being reinforced through the same feedback loops?

OpenAI says ChatGPT models developed a strange habit of mentioning goblins and gremlins, revealing how AI personality tics can spread.

OpenAI is forbidding its latest AI model from discussing an unlikely topic: goblins. As Wired reports, the company’s developers included strongly-worded instructions for its coding tool, Codex, that ...

OpenAI has a goblin problem with its Codex tool, and to solve it, the ChatGPT maker has introduced some unusual guardrails. According to a report by Wired, OpenAI embedded specific instructions in ...

The maker of ChatGPT has an explanation for all the goblin talk. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. In recent weeks, social media ...

Image: Ralph Losey with AI. [EDRM Editor’s Note: EDRM is proud to publish Ralph Losey’s advocacy and analysis. Writing and images in the article are by Ralph Losey using OpenAI ChatGPT 5.5. Originally ...