New Delhi, April 29 -- OpenAI has a goblin problem with its Codex tool and to solve it the ChatGPT maker has introduced some unusual guardrails. According to a report by Wired, OpenAI embedded specific instructions inside Codex to forbid the AI coding assistant from randomly discussing goblins, gremlins, and other mythical and real creatures unless absolutely relevant.

The instructions hidden within the command-line tool note, "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."

The report notes that the exact reason for OpenAI banning goblins and other mythical creatures from Codex isn't yet clear. However, the repor...