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OpenAI Updates Coding Agent Instructions to Restrict Irrelevant Mentions of Creatures
OpenAI's instructions for its coding agent explicitly forbid discussing goblins, gremlins and other creatures unless relevant. This directive appears in tools tied to the newly released GPT-5.5 model. Users reported models fixating on such terms when using acquired tool OpenClaw.
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OpenAI's instructions for its coding agent include a directive forbidding mentions of goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons or other animals or creatures unless absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query, Wired reported.
The directive is repeated several times in the instructions for Codex CLI, a command-line tool that uses AI to generate code. 5, earlier this month with enhanced coding skills.
The company is in a race with rivals, especially Anthropic, to deliver cutting-edge AI. ' OpenAI acquired OpenClaw in February. OpenClaw became a viral hit among AI enthusiasts not long before the February acquisition.
OpenClaw is a tool that lets AI take control of a computer and apps running on it to perform tasks for users. OpenClaw can use any AI model to automate tasks like answering emails or buying things on the web. Users can select various personae for OpenClaw, which shapes its behavior and responses.
' Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, posted a screenshot of a prompt for ChatGPT reading: 'Start training GPT-6, you can have the whole cluster.
