OpenAI Codex 负责人 Nik Pash（Nick Pash）在 X 上对 Roth 的帖子回复"这确实是原因之一"，算是官方半确认；他另发帖澄清"这真的不是营销噱头"——因有人猜测 OpenAI 故意炒作以蹭热度，毕竟此前 GPT 的 Studio Ghibli 滤镜热潮前车之鉴在。CEO Sam Altman 则反其道而行之，在 X 贴了一张 ChatGPT 截图并加注"开始训练 GPT-6，你可以用整个集群。额外加点地精。"，全程收割玩梗流量；社区很快自发提议加入可切换的"地精模式（Goblin Mode）"开关。OpenAI 官方未正式回应事件原因。

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OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins"

Directions also include system instructions to act like "you have a vivid inner life."

Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

‘Never Talk About Goblins’: OpenAI’s Instructions to Codex Have a Weirdly Emphatic No-Creatures Policy

Goblins are expressly forbidden, along with gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, and pigeons.

Gizmodo (gizmodo.com)

A quote from OpenAI Codex base_instructions

Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query.

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