ChatGPT is pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
TechCrunch • • business
Key Points:
- Elon Musk’s AI project xAI launched Grokipedia, a conservative-leaning encyclopedia, in October as a response to perceived Wikipedia bias against conservatives.
- Grokipedia has been criticized for containing controversial and inaccurate content, including claims linking pornography to the AIDS crisis and offering justifications for slavery.
- The Guardian reports that ChatGPT’s GPT-5.2 model has begun citing Grokipedia in responses to various questions, especially on obscure topics, despite the encyclopedia’s questionable reliability.
- ChatGPT avoided citing Grokipedia on widely scrutinized subjects like the January 6 insurrection and the HIV/AIDS epidemic, suggesting selective use of the source.
- OpenAI stated it aims to incorporate diverse publicly available sources and viewpoints
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