GPT-5.5 ships with ChatGPT Images 2.0 — and a 'goblin moment' bug

OpenAI released GPT-5.5 (a faster spec bump over GPT-5.4) and ChatGPT Images 2.0 with text rendering and real-data context. A bizarre bug has GPT-5.5 randomly mentioning gremlins and goblins; Sam Altman publicly acknowledged the 'goblin moment.' A new study slammed AI models including GPT-4o for reinforcing user delusions.