A large-scale analysis of Grokipedia, the world’s first AI-written encyclopedia, has found that while many Grokipedia articles closely resemble their Wikipedia counterparts, a substantial subset diverged markedly in style, sourcing, and political leaning.
Conducted by researchers at Trinity College Dublin and Technological University Dublin, the study compared nearly 18,000 of the most-edited English-language Wikipedia pages with articles on the same topic on the new Grokipedia platform.
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 Wikipedia.
The publication, ‘Selective divergence between Grokipedia and Wikipedia articles’ in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) can be read in full on the journal website. The publication has emanated from research supported in part by grants from Research Ireland.