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OpenAI talks about not talking about goblins
Open AI is opening up about its goblin problem. After a report from Wired revealed instructions to Open AI's coding model to "never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures," the AI startup published an explanation on its website, calling references to the creatures a "strange habit" its models developed as a result of their training. As outlined in the blog post, Open AI began noticing metaphors referencing goblins and other creatures starting with its GPT-5.1 model - specifically when using the "Nerdy" personality option. OpenAI says the problem continued to worsen with subsequent model re … Read the full story at The Verge.
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