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28th April 2026
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.
— OpenAI Codex base_instructions, for GPT-5.5
Posted 28th April 2026 at 10:02 pm
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This is a quotation collected by Simon Willison, posted on 28th April 2026.
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