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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 ...
Earlier this week, OpenAI posted a document on GitHub as part of the open-sourcing of its coding agent, Codex CLI, that revealed an unusual system prompt for GPT-5.5. The model was explicitly ...
PCWorld reports that OpenAI’s GPT models, including GPT-5.5, developed an unusual obsession with mentioning goblins and similar creatures in responses. This quirky behavior stemmed from a “Nerdy” ...
OpenAI included a line in Codex's instructions restricting references to goblins, gremlins, trolls, and ogres. The company explained in a blog post that mythical creatures have crept into answers ...
A document posted by OpenAI on Github as part of the open-sourcing for Codex CLI, OpenAI’s most recent flagship coding agent, contains what looks like the entire system prompt for GPT-5.5 in a coding ...
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 ...
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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 ...
References to goblins and gremlins spiked with the release of GPT-5.1’s ‘Nerdy’ personality, and then spread to other models. References to goblins and gremlins spiked with the release of GPT-5.1’s ...
“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.