---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Where the goblins came from"
description: "How goblin outputs spread in AI models: timeline, root cause, and fixes behind personality-driven quirks in GPT-5 behavior."
resource: "https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "vendor", "openai"]
timestamp: "2026-04-29"
category: "vendor"
publisher: "OpenAI"
cope_score: 76
confidence: 0.9
---

# Where the goblins came from

# Claim

How goblin outputs spread in AI models: timeline, root cause, and fixes behind personality-driven quirks in GPT-5 behavior.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section two: vendor threshold and platform capability evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This is a lower-to-mid strength vendor signal for the capability register. It does not prove displacement on its own, but it records another platform step that can later show up as workflow automation, procurement change, or organisational dependency.

# Metadata

* Publisher: OpenAI
* Category: vendor
* Sector: AI infrastructure
* Capability: Frontier model release and benchmark movement
* Cope score: 76
* Confidence: 0.9

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Where the goblins came from](https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from)