C. E. M. Henderson
@cemhend.bsky.social
PhD@UToronto CMS. Palaeography, codicology, forensics skeptic. Also Chaucer and video games. Wikipedia editor (AMA). AuDHD. 🏴🏳️⚧️
Also @cemhend@scholar.social and cemhend on birdsite
Also @cemhend@scholar.social and cemhend on birdsite
Reposted by C. E. M. Henderson
So here's what we have: An AI-powered encyclopedia that heavily leans on a volunteer effort that Musk has repeatedly attacked, which selectively edits a subset of topics to recast based with an undisclosed set of instructions. For those pages, citations to conspiracy sites and hate groups go up.
Grokipedia cites a Nazi forum and fringe conspiracy websites
A site-wide comparison with Wikipedia sheds light on what Elon Musk is trying to do
indicator.media
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So here's what we have: An AI-powered encyclopedia that heavily leans on a volunteer effort that Musk has repeatedly attacked, which selectively edits a subset of topics to recast based with an undisclosed set of instructions. For those pages, citations to conspiracy sites and hate groups go up.
Reposted by C. E. M. Henderson
After a week of reviewing the site-wide data and many entries in detail, I think Grokipedia has made significant editorial decisions around sourcing and topic treatment that lend credence to @matteowong.bsky.social's argument in The Atlantic that it is “the next step in Musk’s propaganda machine.”
Grokipedia cites a Nazi forum and fringe conspiracy websites
A site-wide comparison with Wikipedia sheds light on what Elon Musk is trying to do
indicator.media
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
After a week of reviewing the site-wide data and many entries in detail, I think Grokipedia has made significant editorial decisions around sourcing and topic treatment that lend credence to @matteowong.bsky.social's argument in The Atlantic that it is “the next step in Musk’s propaganda machine.”
Reposted by C. E. M. Henderson
Grokipedia cites domains with a super low quality score (0.0 to 0.2) *seven times* more than Wikipedia.
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Grokipedia cites domains with a super low quality score (0.0 to 0.2) *seven times* more than Wikipedia.
Reposted by C. E. M. Henderson
We used the Perennial Sources list maintained by EN-Wiki as well as a domain quality score compiled by Lin et al. to approximate the quality of sources cited by Grokipedia v Wikipedia.
Grokipedia includes 2.7 million citations to "generally unreliable", "blacklisted" or "deprecated" sources
Grokipedia includes 2.7 million citations to "generally unreliable", "blacklisted" or "deprecated" sources
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We used the Perennial Sources list maintained by EN-Wiki as well as a domain quality score compiled by Lin et al. to approximate the quality of sources cited by Grokipedia v Wikipedia.
Grokipedia includes 2.7 million citations to "generally unreliable", "blacklisted" or "deprecated" sources
Grokipedia includes 2.7 million citations to "generally unreliable", "blacklisted" or "deprecated" sources
Reposted by C. E. M. Henderson
The pilfering, however, is selective. On articles in Wikipedia's "controversial topics" bucket, the differences are far greater.
And that's where Grokipedia disproportionately adds low-quality sources, including Stormfront and InfoWars.
And that's where Grokipedia disproportionately adds low-quality sources, including Stormfront and InfoWars.
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The pilfering, however, is selective. On articles in Wikipedia's "controversial topics" bucket, the differences are far greater.
And that's where Grokipedia disproportionately adds low-quality sources, including Stormfront and InfoWars.
And that's where Grokipedia disproportionately adds low-quality sources, including Stormfront and InfoWars.
This has the potential to be TRULY STUPID
November 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This has the potential to be TRULY STUPID
what do you mean it’s totally routine to get a brain scan after you have a—
October 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
what do you mean it’s totally routine to get a brain scan after you have a—
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“By 2035, data centers globally are projected to use about as much electricity as India…according to the International Energy Agency. A single data center can also use more than 500,000 gallons of water a day, nearly as much as an Olympic-size swimming pool.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“By 2035, data centers globally are projected to use about as much electricity as India…according to the International Energy Agency. A single data center can also use more than 500,000 gallons of water a day, nearly as much as an Olympic-size swimming pool.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...