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

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

ChatGPT’s unusual fixation on goblins highlighted how subtle AI design choices can create unintended behaviours, prompting ...

According to IBM, “Because an RL agent has no manually labeled input data guiding its behavior, it must explore its ...

OpenAI admits a personality training flaw caused ChatGPT to repeatedly use “goblin” references across GPT models and Codex.

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

OpenAI’s chatbot wouldn’t stop talking about goblins, and the internet couldn’t look away. Here’s what really happened!

A surprising change in OpenAI's tools has caught the attention of developers and researchers. The company instructed its ...

OpenAI has told its ChatGPT and Codex models to avoid mentioning goblins, gremlins, and similar creatures unless directly relevant, after a surge in unrelated references appeared in outputs.

OpenAI traced ChatGPT’s excessive goblin and gremlin references to reinforcement learning that over-rewarded creative ...

After a rise in quirky creature metaphors in ChatGPT responses, OpenAI has fixed the issue by removing the training ...