OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins

Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely ...

Why did OpenAI ban its Codex AI from talking about ‘goblins’ and ‘gremlins’? New guardrails revealed

OpenAI has implemented unusual guardrails in its Codex tool to prevent discussions about goblins, gremlins, racoons and other ...
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OpenAI codex adds unusual 'no goblins' directive

OpenAI's GPT-5.5-powered Codex CLI includes a peculiar instruction forbidding references to goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, and pigeons unless strictly relevant. The rule emerged after ...

OpenAI really really really wants GPT 5.5 to stop randomly talking about gremlins and goblins

OpenAI included a line in Codex's instructions restricting references to goblins, gremlins, trolls, and ogres, and even Sam ...