Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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let none say ‘model collapse’
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/06/openai-chatgpt-goes-goblin-mode-let-none-say-model-collapse - blog post

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I was wondering why my claw suddenly became a goblin with codex 5.5 https://x.com/TaraViswanathan/status/2048992206711927100
i was just asking about camera equipment https://x.com/AndyAyrey/status/2047956630676095280
codex/codex-rs/models-manager/models.json github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/models-manager/models.json#L55
Where the goblins came from openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from
What should we work on in argon? https://x.com/sama/status/2049241518540808440

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