goblin
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It’s like, wait, why not go full goblin mode?
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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
Several users speculated that goblin terminology was how the model characterized itself, in lieu of identifying as a person with a soul.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Anyone who’s ever felt like an oddball or unappreciated genius will identify with the misfit Mitchells and their pet Monchi, who appears to be more goblin than dog.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
He will be the first elf welcomed within those walls, surrounded by those goblin hordes and given a free pass to walk among them.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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