ChatGPT is pulling answers from Elon Musk's Grokipedia
According to The Guardian, GPT-5.2 cited Grokipedia nine times. Anthropic's Claude also cites it at times.
The Guardian found that ChatGPT's GPT-5.2 cited xAI's encyclopedia Grokipedia 9 times in answers to more than a dozen questions.
What is Grokipedia?
xAI launched it in October 2025 after Musk claimed Wikipedia was biased. Journalists have found that Grokipedia contains some inaccurate information.
When does ChatGPT use it?
- On well-known, well-documented topics, ChatGPT did not cite Grokipedia
- But it did cite it on more obscure topics
- Anthropic's Claude also cites it at times
What does OpenAI say?
OpenAI said it aims to draw "from a broad range of publicly available sources and viewpoints".
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