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Altman jokes about ChatGPT's goblin obsession, says 'Artificial goblin intelligence, achieved'
short by Medhaa Gupta / on Friday, 1 May, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joked about a bug in ChatGPT that caused it to obsess and repeatedly talk about goblins and gremlins. "Artificial goblin intelligence, achieved," he said, referring to AGI. As per the AI startup, a further investigation found that AI chatbot had multiple tic words like "raccoons, trolls, ogres, and pigeons", apart from goblins and gremlins.