goblin
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A baited camera mounted on a bottom lander captured rare footage of another goblin shark swimming freely in its natural environment.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
The rare, and many say ugly, goblin shark is seen alive for the first time.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
Spielberg turned one of science fiction’s grandest ideas — first contact with alien life — into the story of a boy and his weird little space-faring goblin best friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
However, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI recently said it identified "goblin" and "gremlin" creeping into its systems' responses - a quirk it believes arose after a tool it trained to have a nerdy persona incentivised mentioning the creatures.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Werfel did not want to be that kind of goblin.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
To snuff out talk of goblins, OpenAI said it killed the “nerdy” personality in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Apparently, if left to its own devices, OpenAI’s Codex coding agent is apt to repeatedly talk about goblins apropos of nothing.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Paula Dewar and her family have, for years, covered their home and outside street with hordes of ghouls, ghosts and goblins.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
All around me are homes festooned with terrifying man-made skeletons, goblins, clowns and witches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
The two goblins stood near the base of the broken glass tower.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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