Information from the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musk’s xAI has begun to appear in replies to ChatGPT.
XAI launched GrowWikipedia in October after Musk complained that Wikipedia was biased against conservatives. Reporters soon noted that while many articles appeared to be Copied directly from WikipediaGrow Wikipedia too claimed Pornography contributed to the AIDS crisis, offered “ideological justification” for slavery, and used derogatory terms for transgender people.
This is all one could expect for a chatbot-linked encyclopedia Described himself as “Mecha Hitler” and it was used Flooded with erotic deepfakes. However, its content now appears to be making its way outside the Musk ecosystem The Guardian report GPT-5.2 cited Grokipedia nine times in answers to more than a dozen different questions.
The Guardian says ChatGPT did it No When asked about topics where its inaccuracy has been widely reported, cite Grokipedia – topics like the January 6 insurrection or the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Instead, it was quoted on our obscure topics, including claims about Sir Richard Evans The Guardian had already rejected it. (Anthropix Cloud also appears to be referencing Grow Wikipedia to answer some questions.)
A spokesperson for OpenAI told the Guardian that it aims to “draw from a wide range of publicly available sources and perspectives.”
