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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

Now I have my VTuber model and can be a little gremlin in my pajamas and no one has to know because Monarch is always perfect.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

The title characters have classic toon precedent — remember the maladroit elves in Tex Avery’s 1950 “The Peachy Cobbler,” or the gremlin in that Bugs Bunny cartoon?

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

But if you are plant-based and seeking to appease the dopamine gremlin in your brain with a quick hit, then these KFC Beyond nuggets are worth a try.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2022

“Well?” said Root, slapping at a paramedic gremlin who was applying burn salve to his forehead.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

In a blog post titled “Where the goblins came from,” it said that a safety researcher had flagged several mentions of goblins and gremlins while testing a model released in November.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

OpenAI said it first noticed increased mentions of goblins, gremlins and other creatures after the launch of GPT-5.1 in November.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

As mechanized as a race — or a movie — can feel, success or failure hinge on the human element, the hero battling the gremlins in the machine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

Whatever qualms I had were the kind of technical gremlins that taunt any opening night.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022

At one o’clock in the morning, my little brother, who in my lonely days of inferno dwelling had protected me from goblins, gnomes, gremlins and the devils, was leaving home.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou