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OpenAI explains its goblin and gremlin infestation

OpenAI included a line in Codex's instructions restricting references to goblins, gremlins, trolls, and ogres. It also figured out the root cause.…

OpenAI says its models, starting with GPT-5.1, "increasingly mentioned goblins, gremlins, and other creatures", leading to prompt instructions to mitigate it (OpenAI)

OpenAI : OpenAI says its models, starting with GPT-5.1, “increasingly mentioned goblins, gremlins, and other creatures”, leading to prompt instructions to mitigate it — Starting with GPT-5.1, our mode…

OpenAI's Codex instruction set contains a line, repeated several times, that forbids Codex from randomly mentioning goblins, gremlins, and other creatures (Will Knight/Wired)

Will Knight / Wired : OpenAI's Codex instruction set contains a line, repeated several times, that forbids Codex from randomly mentioning goblins, gremlins, and other creatures — “Never talk about gob…

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ChatGPT goblin infestation explained

Yesterday, it was noted that OpenAI had provided its Codex coding agent with a peculiar instruction: "Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creature…

ChatGPT has a ‘goblin’ obsession. Now we know why

Why did OpenAI instruct its latest GPT models to never, ever talk about goblins, gremlins, and other diminutive creatures? Here’s the reason.…

OpenAI talks about not talking about goblins

References to goblins and gremlins spiked with the release of GPT-5.1’s ‘Nerdy’ personality, and then spread to other models.…

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

Goblins are expressly forbidden, along with gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, and pigeons.…

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.…

Quoting OpenAI Codex base_instructions

Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query. — OpenAI Codex base_instruct…

why does GPT 5.5 have a restraining order against "Raccoons," "Goblins," and "Pigeons"?

why does GPT 5.5 have a restraining order against \"Raccoons,\" \"Goblins,\" and \"Pigeons\"? I just saw the full system prompt leak for 5.5 (April 23rd release). Most of it is standard agentic stuff,…