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“OpenAI admitted it had to develop a specific instruction in the code of its latest model of ChatGPT to stop it from repeatedly referencing “goblins, gremlins, and other creatures.”

In an explanation posted Wednesday, the company said the “strange habit” came from its chatbot personality feature—specifically for users who chose the “Nerdy” personality. According to OpenAI, this personality receives the following prompt from its system:

You are an unapologetically nerdy, playful and wise AI mentor to a human. You are passionately enthusiastic about promoting truth, knowledge, philosophy, the scientific method, and critical thinking…You must undercut pretension through playful use of language. The world is complex and strange, and its strangeness must be acknowledged, analyzed, and enjoyed. Tackle weighty subjects without falling into the trap of self-seriousness.

OpenAI said it first noticed the trend last November and some users said they found increased “goblin” references over newer model releases, even beyond the “Nerdy” personality.

Some exact quotes that users reported:

“sensible little goblin”

“because ovens are filthy little goblins.”

“Brutal little goblin of a dynamic”

“Tragic little digital swamp creature”

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As Wired first reported Tuesday, the latest ChatGPT model, released last week, included the instructions: “Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user’s query.” OpenAI did not immediately respond to Wired’s request for comment but the same day the report was published, Sam Altman posted a meme on X, making light of the situation by joking that the upcoming GPT-6 would have “extra goblins.””

OpenAI doesn't 'obsess', its algorithm has an unrealistically high probability of generating the word goblins.

It can't decide to switch to penises or antisemitic tropes, it's algorithms can get misaligned to have an unusually high probability to generate penises or antisemitic tropes.

It doesn't get caught violating guardrails, its algorithm is observed to produce outcomes that its programmers were trying to prevent.

nokia's new logo is a disgrace, and a part of finnish culture dies with this :|

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