#Goblin

Defying criticisms of ‘slop’ and ‘theft’, the growing culture of AI-powered creativity is attracting interest from Hollywood

From Polygon RSS Feed: The Secret Lair Goblin Storm deck is real, and it's packing a ton of value

From Independent RSS Feed: ChatGPT is obsessed with goblins – and it could be a problem

The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI "recently gave its popular ChatGPT strict instructions. Stop talking about goblins." Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly…

ChatGPT’s “goblin glitch” went viral after the AI started using strange creature metaphors — here’s what caused it and why it spread so fast.

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

From Gizmodo: ‘The Goblins Came Back to Haunt Us’: OpenAI Explains How ChatGPT’s ‘Nerdy’ Personality Got Out of Control

From Engadget: ChatGPT developed a goblin obsession after OpenAI tried to make it nerdy

From Pcgamer RSS Feed: 'Where the goblins came from': OpenAI's strange but not entirely surprising story of little critters infesting ChatGPT's output

From Gulfnews RSS Feed: Why is ChatGPT talking about goblins? The AI glitch behind creature-laced responses explained

GPT-5.5’s odd obsession with goblins, gremlins, trolls, and other fantasy creatures stems from the AI model’s ‘Nerdy’ personality mode, OpenAI has found.

How goblin outputs spread in AI models: timeline, root cause, and fixes behind personality-driven quirks in GPT-5 behavior.

OpenAI included a line in Codex's instructions restricting references to goblins, gremlins, trolls, and ogres, and even Sam Altman joined the memes.

From Gizmodo: ‘Never Talk About Goblins’: OpenAI’s Instructions to Codex Have a Weirdly Emphatic No-Creatures Policy

“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.