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ChatGPT word obsessions- Goblin

BACKGROUND
25 SIGNALSFIRST DETECTED 24 April 2026
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How the story developed
10 Jul
GPT-5.6 pro goblin problem
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
29 May
Goblins
OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPT
26 May
My chatGPT keeps saying the word goblin
OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPT
19 May
I don’t have goblins. I have soup.
OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPT
6.1
19 May
We like goblins
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
0.0
15 May
From Goblins to Greg
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
0.0
13 May
Legit Chat gpt is obsessed with goblins
OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPT
0.0
11 May
ChatGPT 5.6 Goblin — Fan Concept
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
0.0
10 May
ChatGPT Goblins - we're keeping ours.
OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPT
0.0
10 May
GPT 5.5 kept calling me a goblin
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
0.0
10 May
Still lots of goblins
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
0.0
8 May
ChatGPT has a goblin problem
OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligence
5.6
1 May
0.0
24 Apr
ChatGPT word obsessions- Goblin
OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPT
1.6
Other feeds and industry voices
29 Apr
OpenAI really really really wants GPT 5.5 to stop randomly talking about gremlins and goblins

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1szc9nr/openai_really_really_really_wants_gpt_55_to_stop/"> <img alt="OpenAI really really really wants GPT 5.5

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
6 May
The Goblins have not gone away

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>My bot still mentions goblins, gremlins or something like that at least once per conversation. It's its favorite metaphor. Anyone else?</p>

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
21 May
Goblins, Anyone?

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1tjjy47/goblins_anyone/"> <img alt="Goblins, Anyone?"

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
28 Apr
“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. www.

“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

OPINION · WHAT · WiredOPEN STORY
28 Mar
Used AI to generate photo of myself. We are cooked

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1s64rf1/used_ai_to_generate_photo_of_myself_we_are_cooked/"> <img alt="Used AI to generate photo of myself. We

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
7 May
chatgpt is mixing up prompts and replies of different users apparently?

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1t6fc7h/chatgpt_is_mixing_up_prompts_and_replies_of/"> <img alt="chatgpt is mixing up prompts and replies of

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
8 Apr
I deleted everything, yet ChatGPT still keeps my chat history.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I deleted all my chats, memories, projects, archived chats, preferences, an advertising memory, the lot. The only thing I left was my name and my

OPINION · WHEN · OpenAIOPEN STORY
16 Apr
I told chat to get angry at me, but it was so impressed by my outlandish lies it forgot to

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1sn4tlj/i_told_chat_to_get_angry_at_me_but_it_was_so/"> <img alt="I told chat to get angry at me, but it was so

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
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