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

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

Why OpenAI's 'goblin' problem matters — and how you can release the goblins on your own

If OpenAI can accidentally train its flagship model to obsess over goblins, what other more subtle and potentially harmful ...

ChatGPT became so obsessed with goblins that OpenAI had to intervene

The company says attempts to make a ‘nerdy’ personality for the bot led to odd word choices.
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When ChatGPT went full goblin mode

Feedback, prone to fixations, is pleased to learn this is an issue that also applies to AI chatbots like ChatGPT, which had ...

OpenAI tells ChatGPT models to stop talking about goblins

The AI firm said that unlike previous model bugs, this issue "crept in subtly".
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ChatGPT glitch causes random goblin mentions in conversations before an anti-goblin update is rolled out

OpenAI reveals training bug in Nerdy personality that spreads creature metaphors across GPT models. Read all about the anti-goblin update.

OpenAI explains why ChatGPT developed a goblin fixation, and how it solved the issue

OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 upgrade to ChatGPT and Codex appears to be going smoothly, especially compared to the rockier GPT-5.0 release ...

OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins

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.