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Musk's Grokipedia Cites Thousands of Unreliable Sources
- On Nov 14, US researchers said Grokipedia, launched last month by Elon Musk's xAI, cites thousands of questionable and problematic sources, raising reliability concerns especially on political topics.
- Musk told a podcast his team instructed Grok to review the top 1 million Wikipedia articles and 'add, modify and delete' content after urging his more than 200 million followers on X to stop donating last year.
- A review of a sample of 885,279 Grokipedia articles found a 96% Copyscape match for Wikipedia's 'Monday' article, missing its 22 references, with errors like wrong book chapters and Instagram reels cited.
- The analysis shows Grokipedia articles not attributed to Wikipedia cite sources deemed 'generally unreliable' 3.2 times more and blacklisted sources 13 times more, Wikimedia Foundation warned.
- Despite updates, xAI's Grokipedia edit features have not stopped Similarweb traffic from falling over 90% from its Oct. 28 peak of 460,000 to around 30,000 daily visits, facing an uphill battle against Wikipedia.
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Musk's Grokipedia Leans On 'Questionable' Sources, Study Says
Elon Musk's Grokipedia carries thousands of citations to "questionable" and "problematic" sources, US researchers said Friday, raising doubts about the reliability of the AI-powered encyclopedia as an information tool.
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The Wikipedia-Alternative Grokipedia promises objectivity, but remains intransparent, saves on evidence and sets clear ratings. Especially on the topic of gender, the platform shifts concepts and weights. Why this is democratic-politically delicate. A new reference work claims the truth for itself. Since 28 October Grokipedia is online, Elon Musks allegedly neutral... Source
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Total News Sources59
Leaning Left8Leaning Right9Center11Last UpdatedBias Distribution39% Center
Bias Distribution
- 39% of the sources are Center
39% Center
L 29%
C 39%
R 32%
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