The company says attempts to make a ‘nerdy’ personality for the bot led to odd word choices.

OpenAI traces ChatGPT's goblin obsession to a "Nerdy" personality training error that spread across its models.The Latest ...

OpenAI included a line in Codex's instructions restricting references to goblins, gremlins, trolls, and ogres. It also ...

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

The OpenAI model's focus on creatures like goblins and trolls has a very nerdy explanation. Here's what happened.

Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely ...

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

Why did OpenAI have to write "never mention goblins" into its production code on ChatGPT? The company has published a ...

The ChatGPT developer discovered the "strange affinity for goblins" while testing tools powered by newer systems, such as its ...

Apparently, enough people started talking about ChatGPT's creature obsession that OpenAI felt the need to provide an ...

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

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