Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Has Some Seriously Problematic Citations: NBC | EUROtoday

Grokipedia, Elon Musk’s reply to Wikipedia, repeatedly cites neo-Nazi, conspiracy theorist and white nationalist web sites, in response to NBC News.

The report, which references evaluation from Cornell University researchers Harold Triedman and Alexios Mantzarlis, famous that Grokipedia cited a neo-Nazi web site known as Stormfront as a supply 42 occasions, the conspiracy principle web site InfoWars 34 occasions and the white nationalist web site VDare 107 occasions.

Triedman beforehand labored for the Wikimedia Foundation and continues to do contract work for an affiliate of the group, although he famous this analysis was impartial. Although the researchers’ paper was a preprint, NBC News corroborated a number of findings.

Wikipedia, conversely, doesn’t “treat those sources as credible,” NBC reported.

The researchers’ evaluation provides to scrutiny of Grokipedia, which Musk launched a number of weeks in the past to counter what he’s described as Wikipedia’s “woke” bias. Already, the location’s been noticed pushing far-right speaking factors in its content material, in response to Wired, and it’s additionally been mocked for providing a extra flattering portrayal of Musk in comparison with the entry on Wikipedia.

“Legacy Media Lies,” a spokesperson for xAI, Musk’s synthetic intelligence firm, claimed in an e-mail when requested for remark in regards to the NBC News report.