Deceit.blog: #training-data https://deceit.blog/tag/training-data Essays on what manipulation costs and why it lands. Tagged "training-data". en Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:08:07 GMT 60 OpenAI's models started talking about goblins. Their own postmortem explains why the obvious explanation was wrong. https://deceit.blog/essay/model-collapse-ai-inbreeding https://deceit.blog/essay/model-collapse-ai-inbreeding Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. In April 2026, OpenAI published a postmortem explaining why its models had developed a habit of talking about goblins. Not occasionally. Measurably. Mentions of "goblin" in ChatGPT rose 175% after one model launch; "gremlin" rose 52%. A chat personality setting called "Nerdy" accounted for only 2.5%…