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goblin

[gob-lin] / ˈgɒb lɪn /


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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

A programmer asked the bot why it called itself a goblin.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The movie opens with her reciting lines from a story that casts her as a brave royal determined to reclaim a baby from a goblin king.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

A giant hand reached down to grab the goblin archivist.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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