Tests show GPT-5.2 on ChatGPT is citing Grokipedia as a source on some obscure topics, including Iranian political structures
The Guardian Aisha Down
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Discussion
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@eleanor.lockhart.contact
Ellie Lockhart
on bluesky
this is very bad but people are repeating the claim that Grokipedia is “poisoning training data,” and *while that may be true* (i have no idea what they're using for training data) what this shows is *web search in the ChatGPT application citing Grokipedia*, not training data [em…
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@louishenwood
Louis
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AI is feeding on its own misinformation — It is becoming a circular hallucination — Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk's Grokipedia as source, tests reveal
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@markriedl
Mark Riedl
on bluesky
Musk's ability to alter the worldview of people now expands beyond just users of Grok. [embedded post]
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
on bluesky
The idea that aggregating all of the information on the internet leads to intelligence is being put to the test. LLMs are the perfect example of the computer science adage “Garbage In, Garbage Out”.
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@theotherirving
Irving Washington
on bluesky
Awww, it keeps getting better and better. Just shut up and take all my money!
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@katjadiehl
Katja Diehl
on bluesky
Anyone loving fascists? — Go to twitter and/or use chatgpt. — Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk's Grokipedia as source, tests reveal — Guardian found OpenAI's platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers — www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
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@sarahkirchberger
Sarah Kirchberger
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🤖 A test by The Guardian found that OpenAI's platform ChatGPT cited Elon Musk's anti-Wikipedia Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers. — „GPT-5.2 cited Grokipedia nine times in response to more than a dozen different questions. www.theguardian.com/technology…
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@herman61
Herman Lambers
on bluesky
Trained to manipulate and indoctrinatie. — Europe should abandon all American platforms. This is dangerous. — www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
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@schnizzl
Julia Partheymüller
on bluesky
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk's Grokipedia as source, tests reveal — Guardian found OpenAI's platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers — www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
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@asura.dev
@asura.dev
on bluesky
Probably easy to miss with the other news — You are (also) in an information war. They are attempting to quite literally rewrite history and will probably win because every website is covered in shit ads and no one wants to use them. [embedded post]
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@allytibbitt.me
Ally Tibbitt
on bluesky
The LLMs are eating each other. — www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
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@cyrilpedia
Thiago Carvalho
on bluesky
OpenAI is really putting the “garbage” in garbage in/garbage out: — 'The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk's Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on t…
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@hypervisible.blacksky.app
@hypervisible.blacksky.app
on bluesky
So glad this is being used in schools and universities.
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@isotope239@mastodon.online
@isotope239@mastodon.online
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I don't use ChatGPT anyway, but here's another reason to keep on not using it: https://www.theguardian.com/ ... #AI #X #Grok
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@jplebreton@mastodon.social
@jplebreton@mastodon.social
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https://www.theguardian.com/ ... some LLM proponents have tried to hold Grok, the racist ranting CSAM-generating model, at arm's length and insist they only use “ethical” LLMs. but there's no meaningful difference - the whole point of slop is that it's all the same massive bucket…
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