Diffusion Science radio: AI's Obsessions - part 1

AI's Obsessions - part 1


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Listen to ChatGPT's obsession with Goblins.
News of AI being banned, unbanned, and data centre deals.
produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

A bunch of goblins that look like Ian Woolf

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Where the goblins came from
The Goblin in the Machine: What OpenAI’s “No-Pigeon Rule” Teaches Lawyers About AI Hallucinations
OpenAI's Goblin Problem: How RL Training in Codex Infected GPT-5.4 with Creature References Across Model Generations
ChatGPT has a goblin problem. An expert says it’s bigger than an AI quirk.


July 6, 2026
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