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Grokipedia selectively draws on more-right leaning news sources, says new study

Phys · · 639 words · By Fiona Tyrrell
AI Bias and Transparency Political Polarization in Knowledge Systems Information Integrity
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Researchers from Trinity and TU Dublin conducted a large-scale analysis comparing Grokipedia and Wikipedia. The study found that while many articles are similar, a significant portion of Grokipedia's content on sensitive topics shifts toward right-leaning sources and exhibits less transparency than human-edited systems.

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Topics 3

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What happened

Grokipedia selectively draws on more-right leaning news sources, says new study Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor A large-scale analysis of Grokipedia, the world's first AI-written encyclopedia, has found that while many Grokipedia…

Why it matters

Conducted by researchers at the Center for Sociology of Humans and Machines (SOHAM) in Trinity and TU Dublin, the study compared nearly 18,000 Wikipedia pages with articles on the same topic on the new Grokipedia platform.

Common ground

The study is the largest academic analysis of Grokipedia since it was launched by Elon Musk last October with a promise that the AI-written encyclopedia systematically "fixes" left-leaning biases alleged to exist in the widely used online encyclopedia…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Researchers from Trinity and TU Dublin conducted a large-scale analysis comparing Grokipedia and Wikipedia. The study found that while many articles are similar, a significant portion of Grokipedia's content on sensitive topics shifts toward right-leaning sources and exhibits less transparency than human-edited systems.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-grokipedia-news-sources.html

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “As a whole, articles on Grokipedia show similar political leaning to those on Wikipedia, drawing on left-leaning news sources.”
SINGLE SOURCE
The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions for the word 'overall' and a Wikipedia page for 'overalls' (clothing), which are completely irrelevant to the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Overalls or bib-and-brace overalls, also called dungarees in British English, [1] are a type of garment usually used as protective clothing when working. The garments are commonly referred to as a "pa…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overalls
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The meaning of OVERALL is all over. How to use overall in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overall
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web search NEUTRAL — OVERALL definition: 1. in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/overall
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Claim 2: “Conducted by researchers at the Center for Sociology of Humans and Machines (SOHAM) in Trinity and TU Dublin, the study compared nearly 18,000 Wikipedia pages with articles on the same topic on the new Grokipedia platform.”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about Bangkok and general language model benchmarks; no mention of SOHAM, Trinity, or TU Dublin research was found in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A language model benchmark is a standardized test designed to evaluate the performance of language models on various natural language processing tasks. These tests are intended for comparing different…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_model_benchmark
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following events occurred in May 1922:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1922
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web search NEUTRAL — Bangkok : Khao San Road, In & Off Avec son offre d’hôtels bon marché, de bars et de services, Khao San Road et ses parallèles immédiates est le point de chute de nombreux routards à Bangkok.
https://www.routard.com/fr/guide/top/asie/thailande/bangkok
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Claim 3: “Wikipedia's content is written and maintained by volunteer editors, while Grokipedia is an AI-generated encyclopedia using the xAI's Grok large language model.”
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Multiple sources (Yahoo News, Macaron Analysis, and Wikipedia) confirm Wikipedia is volunteer-based and Grokipedia is generated by xAI's Grok LLM.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grok is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by SpaceXAI. It was launched in November 2023 by Elon Musk as an initiative based on the large language model (LLM) of the same name. Gro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_(chatbot)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — X (formerly Twitter) is an American microblogging and social networking platform where registered users can share short messages in short posts (tweets), as well as liking posts and repost (retweet), …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_on_X
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web search NEUTRAL — What is Grokipedia? Launched in late 2024, Grokipedia is an artificial intelligence-powered encyclopedia built to compete directly with Wikipedia. Instead of relying on millions of volunteer editors, …
https://gulfnews.com/technology/explainer-youve-used-wikiped…
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Claim 4: “Lead author of the study, Saeedeh Mohammadi, Ph.D. candidate at SOHAM and Research Ireland's Center for Research Training in Foundations of Data Science”
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No evidence was found after searching for Saeedeh Mohammadi in the provided context.
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Claim 5: “Professor Taha Yasseri, Director of SOHAM and Principal Investigator of the study”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found after searching for Professor Taha Yasseri in the provided context.
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Claim 6: “Details of the research, conducted at the joint Center for Sociology of Humans and Machines (SOHAM) in Trinity and TU Dublin, have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of NBA team information for the Oklahoma City Thunder, which is entirely irrelevant to the research publication claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · View the Oklahoma City Thunder's Official NBA Schedule, Roster & Standings. Watch Oklahoma City Thunder's Games with NBA League Pass.
https://www.nba.com/team/1610612760/thunder
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web search NEUTRAL — The official site of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Includes news, scores, schedules, statistics, photos and video.
https://www.nba.com/thunder/
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web search NEUTRAL — Check out the current Oklahoma City Thunder roster and learn more about your favorite players with access to bios, photos, and stats.
https://www.nba.com/thunder/roster
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Claim 7: “a substantial proportion (66%) of the 18,000 analyzed are more extensively rewritten—they are longer, more complex, and rely on fewer references.”
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One Wikipedia snippet mentions that Grokipedia entries are 'substantially longer and less densely referenced,' but the specific figure of '66% of 18,000 analyzed' is not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On Wikipedia, ideological bias, especially in its English-language edition, has been the subject of academic analysis and public criticism of the project. The English Wikipedia has an internal policy …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideological_bias_on_Wikipedia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grok is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by SpaceXAI. It was launched in November 2023 by Elon Musk as an initiative based on the large language model (LLM) of the same name. Gro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_(chatbot)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grokipedia is an AI-generated online encyclopedia operated by the American company xAI. The site was launched on October 27, 2025. Some entries are generated by Grok, a large language model owned by t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grokipedia
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Claim 8: “Grokipedia was launched by Elon Musk last October”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Grokipedia was launched on October 27, 2025, and is operated by xAI (Elon Musk's company).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Reeve Musk ( EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and public official known for his leadership of Tesla and SpaceX. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of May …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Errol Graham Musk (born 25 May 1946) is a South African businessman, politician, mine-owner, and, as the father of Elon Musk, a member of the Musk family. He was an Independent member of the Pretoria …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Musk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grokipedia is an AI-generated online encyclopedia operated by the American company xAI. The site was launched on October 27, 2025. Some entries are generated by Grok, a large language model owned by t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grokipedia
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Claim 9: “when it comes to the politically and culturally sensitive topics of religion, history, literature and art, Grokipedia shows a consistent shift toward referencing more right-leaning news sources compared to Wikipedia.”
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While one source mentions Musk's accusation of Wikipedia's left-leaning bias and Grokipedia's aim to challenge it, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming a 'consistent shift' in referencing for religion, history, literature, and art.
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web search NEUTRAL — Grokipedia is an AI-generated online encyclopedia operated by the American company xAI. The site was launched on October 27, 2025. Some entries are generated by Grok, a large language model owned by t…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grokipedia
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web search NEUTRAL — Grokipedia is an open source, comprehensive collection of all knowledge.
https://grokipedia.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 29, 2025 · Elon Musk's new online encyclopedia aims to challenge Wikipedia, which he has accused of left-leaning bias. We used them to search for data about each other.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/29/nx-s1-5588695/wikipedia-groki…
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Claim 10: “Saeedeh Mohammadi et al, Selective divergence between Grokipedia and Wikipedia articles, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2026). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2603294123”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 11: “Grokipedia, the world's first AI-written encyclopedia”
CORROBORATED
Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news articles (The Guardian), confirm Grokipedia is an AI-generated encyclopedia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Grokipedia is an AI-generated online encyclopedia operated by the American company xAI. The site was launched on October 27, 2025. Some entries are generated by Grok, a large language model owned by t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grokipedia
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web search NEUTRAL — Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human.Elon Musk is creating his own Wikipedia with Grok. Curious to see how it will be different to a normal encyclope…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — AI-Based Correction Process. Unlike Wikipedia articles, which anyone can edit directly, Grokipedia entries are corrected by submitting suggestions to an AI bot, which explains how it evaluated each pr…
https://www.thecornellreview.org/musk-launches-grokipedia-an…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.