OpenAI has done an autopsy of ChatGPT's recent Goblin problem, revealing what went wrong with the chatbot to develop a bizarre obessions with mythical creatures like goblins and gremlins. The response ...

OpenAI has solved a “goblin mystery” impacting ChatGPT that caused the AI chatbot to become obsessed with the mythical creatures. Over the last six months, mentions of the word ‘goblin’ have shot up ...

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 been in "goblin mode" for months. On Monday, one X user pointed out an unusual line in Codex's personality guide. The instructions tell Codex to have a "vivid inner life," a "good ear" — ...

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 ...

Goblins were not the only creature randomly appearing in responses, according to OpenAI ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has had to instruct some of its AI tools to stop talking about "goblins", after finding the ...

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 ...