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

Starting sometime in November, people who used ChatGPT began noticing some peculiar behavior: the AI chatbot would not shut ...

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

This article is about a real event. It is not satire, parody, or metaphor. In late April 2026, OpenAI publicly explained why ...

Anyone with even passing experience of using the latest LLMs knows to expect the unexpected. They can spit out some really random and often disturbing stuff. But ChatGPT's 'multiplying' goblin ...

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.

OpenAI has revealed the reason behind ChatGPT referencing Goblins, gremlins and other mythical creatures. The company explained that the issue stemmed from a faulty personality in the chatbot.

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

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 ...

ChatGPT is obsessed with goblins – and it could be a problem - Strange bug with popular chatbot highlights underlying issues with AI ...