US EditionAs AI Chatbots Cross-Reference More, Musk’s Grokipedia Enters the Knowledge Loop
ChatGPT and Claude have cited Grokipedia nine times in recent tests, raising concerns about misinformation spreading through AI-generated sources and feedback loops.
- The Guardian reported on January 25, 2026, that GPT-5.2 cited Grokipedia nine times across more than a dozen questions, while Anthropic's Claude also referenced the site.
- Grokipedia, launched in October by xAI after Elon Musk criticized Wikipedia, features AI-generated entries that users cannot edit, though they can suggest corrections and are 'Fact-checked by Grok' with timestamps.
- Reporters found Grokipedia contained claims such as pornography contributing to the AIDS crisis, ideological justifications for slavery, and ChatGPT repeated debunked misinformation about Sir Richard Evans.
- Scrutiny from the Grok controversy has increased around chatbot sourcing, with an OpenAI spokesperson saying ChatGPT uses broad public sources and safety filters while AI startups work on filtering low-credibility information.
- The trend suggests misinformation can loop across AI systems as Grokipedia, positioned as a fast-growing rival to Wikipedia, is cited by multiple models despite LLMs’ hallucination risks.
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OpenAI's most recent model, GPT-5.2, cites among its results articles from Grokipedia, Elon Musk's online encyclopedia, when users ask ChatGPT questions about lesser-known issues, such as Iran-related issues or Holocaust denialists, which has raised doubts about its reliability.OpenAI's latest model, GPT-5.2, launched in December, is the most advanced of the company and can be selected from ChatGPT to be the engine of answers to users' questions.
According to the publication, the GPT-5.2 model cited this online encyclopedia nine times in answers to more than a dozen different questions.
ChatGPT begins citing Elon Musk’s Grokipedia, triggering fears over AI misinformation
According to tests conducted by the Guardian, GPT-5.2 cited Grokipedia nine times in response to more than a dozen queries. These included questions about Iranian political and economic structures, as well as the biography of Richard Evans, the British historian who served as an expert witness in the landmark libel trial involving Holocaust denier David Irving.
The artificial intelligence tool developed by OpenAI would refer to information from the encyclopedia of Elon Musk, a competitor of Wikipedia and whose reliability is contested.
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia is getting cited by OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Some responses generated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT have recently referenced information from Grokipedia, an AI-generated encyclopedia developed by rival xAI, which was founded by Elon Musk. The citations appeared across a limited set of queries. Reports about the matter were initially reported by The Guardian. Grokipedia references in ChatGPT Grokipedia launched in October as part of xAI’s effort to build an alternative to Wikipedia, which has become…
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