ChatGPT Is Pulling Answers From Elon Musk’s Grokipedia

ChatGPT is now citing Grokipedia—Elon Musk’s controversial AI encyclopedia—raising concerns about misinformation and source reliability.
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ChatGPT Is Pulling Answers From Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
Grokipedia Content Surfaces in ChatGPT Responses In a surprising twist for AI transparency, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has begun citing Grokipedia —the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia launched by Elon Musk’s xAI—in user responses. This development raises urgent questions: Where is ChatGPT pulling its information from, and how reliable are these new sources? Recent tests show that GPT-5.2 referenced Grokipedia at least nine times across a range of queries, including historically sensitive and factually disputed topics. While OpenAI says it draws from a “broad range of publicly available sources,” the inclusion of content from a platform already flagged for inaccuracies and inflammatory claims is drawing scrutiny from researchers, journalists, and digital ethics advocates. Credit: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg / Getty Images What Is Grokipedia—and Why Does It Matter? Launched in October 2025, Grokipedia was introduced by xAI as an alternative to Wikipedia, which Elon Musk has repeatedly cri…