People are turned into wolves, there are ogres and undead creatures of the sea who lure others to their demise.
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Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
In recent weeks, social media users, especially on X, have been noticing increasing references to goblins, along with other fantasy creatures such as gremlins, ogres and trolls in ChatGPT’s answers to user queries.
But there are lots of potential devils in the details (otherwise there’d be little need for experimental reactors).
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
Tasmanian devils — agile, mostly nocturnal animals that can roam for 10 miles in a single night — have been extinct on the Australian mainland for more than 3,000 years.
The grotesques were decorative stone faces around the castle.
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Adam Fox,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back.
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