Overview
- A new Cornell Tech analysis, not yet peer reviewed, reports that Grokipedia frequently cites blacklisted and low-quality sources, including Stormfront 42 times, VDARE 107 times, and Infowars 34 times.
- In specific entries, the site links repeatedly to extremist forums, such as six Stormfront citations on the page about the film American History X and seven on the page about the neo-Nazi group National Vanguard.
- Researchers found Grokipedia articles are longer and more verbose than Wikipedia, cite about twice as many sources, and contain a higher share of unreliable citations with emphasis on political and biographical topics.
- The platform does not allow direct public editing; users submit suggestions that an xAI team filters, and Grok’s purported fact-checking role remains unclear despite Musk’s statements.
- Wikipedia discourages citing extremist websites, and report coauthor Harold Triedman says those community rules are not in application on Grokipedia.