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techMEDIUM2026-04-30 15:00 UTC

OpenAI Codex System Prompt Includes Explicit Directive To 'Never Talk About Goblins'

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The system prompt for OpenAI's Codex CLI contains a perplexing and repeated warning for the most recent GPT model to "never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and

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