Alexios Mantzarlis
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I'm confused. Why does the EU need another network of fact-checkers? Isn't the European Fact-Checking Standards Network enough?
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm confused. Why does the EU need another network of fact-checkers? Isn't the European Fact-Checking Standards Network enough?
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Hopefully close enough... This Grokipedia entry on former Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt quotes the attached Grok chat with an X user. There are more than 1,000 citations to Grok on Grokipedia.
grokipedia.com/page/Guy_Ver...
grokipedia.com/page/Guy_Ver...
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hopefully close enough... This Grokipedia entry on former Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt quotes the attached Grok chat with an X user. There are more than 1,000 citations to Grok on Grokipedia.
grokipedia.com/page/Guy_Ver...
grokipedia.com/page/Guy_Ver...
Per @cj-robinson.bsky.social on CJR, just eight AI Note Contributors on X now make up about 5-10% of all helpful notes on a given day.
www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Per @cj-robinson.bsky.social on CJR, just eight AI Note Contributors on X now make up about 5-10% of all helpful notes on a given day.
www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
My sense from reviewing dissimilar entries is that once they were identified, Grok AI was told to recast the Wiki entry with a skeptical eye and add any references to bias and controversy.
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My sense from reviewing dissimilar entries is that once they were identified, Grok AI was told to recast the Wiki entry with a skeptical eye and add any references to bias and controversy.
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
Sidenote: Grokipedia includes more than 1,000 citations to conversations between X users and Grok. The seventh citation for the entry on former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt points to this chat asking Grok to "dig up some dirt" on Verhofstadt
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Sidenote: Grokipedia includes more than 1,000 citations to conversations between X users and Grok. The seventh citation for the entry on former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt points to this chat asking Grok to "dig up some dirt" on Verhofstadt
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
Things get even worse when you focus on controversial topics (as defined by Wiki). 85.5% of Grokipedia entries in this category cites "generally unreliable" sources
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Things get even worse when you focus on controversial topics (as defined by Wiki). 85.5% of Grokipedia entries in this category cites "generally unreliable" sources
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.
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
Here is Grokipedia, for instance, citing InfoWars as an "alternative media outlet" that surfaced some interesting findings about the "Clinton body count" conspiracy theory
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Here is Grokipedia, for instance, citing InfoWars as an "alternative media outlet" that surfaced some interesting findings about the "Clinton body count" conspiracy theory
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.
(Some of the entries are *verbatim* transcripts and don't even bother attributing. Here's one)
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
(Some of the entries are *verbatim* transcripts and don't even bother attributing. Here's one)
First off: Despite dismissing Wikipedia as an extension of mainstream propaganda, Musk was more than happy to use most of it to seed Grokipedia.
56% of the entries carry a footer attributing to Wikipedia and we find that those entries are indeed very similar to the original
56% of the entries carry a footer attributing to Wikipedia and we find that those entries are indeed very similar to the original
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
First off: Despite dismissing Wikipedia as an extension of mainstream propaganda, Musk was more than happy to use most of it to seed Grokipedia.
56% of the entries carry a footer attributing to Wikipedia and we find that those entries are indeed very similar to the original
56% of the entries carry a footer attributing to Wikipedia and we find that those entries are indeed very similar to the original
So fun to see @indicator.media’s audit of AI labels being cited in places as different as Private Eye and The Hindu
(The piece: indicator.media/p/tech-platf...)
(The piece: indicator.media/p/tech-platf...)
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So fun to see @indicator.media’s audit of AI labels being cited in places as different as Private Eye and The Hindu
(The piece: indicator.media/p/tech-platf...)
(The piece: indicator.media/p/tech-platf...)
One of the authors of the Madmani "bios" also wrote a book about Rob Jetten, the centrist who topped the polls in the Netherlands last week. AI did a little better rendering him.
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One of the authors of the Madmani "bios" also wrote a book about Rob Jetten, the centrist who topped the polls in the Netherlands last week. AI did a little better rendering him.
The AI slop-ographies of Zohran Mamdani have really been struggling with their cover photos
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The AI slop-ographies of Zohran Mamdani have really been struggling with their cover photos
A Community Note spotted in the wild on Instagram on main, first time I’ve seen it outside the dedicated interface (h/t my awesome student Ali)
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A Community Note spotted in the wild on Instagram on main, first time I’ve seen it outside the dedicated interface (h/t my awesome student Ali)
Here’s a Queens one: Hillcrest vs Jamaica Hills
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Here’s a Queens one: Hillcrest vs Jamaica Hills
Flatbush is Mamdaniland; Midwood voted for Cuomo with a similarly dramatic margin
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Flatbush is Mamdaniland; Midwood voted for Cuomo with a similarly dramatic margin
Awkward neighbors based on last night’s results: UES (Cuomo 62/Mamdani 33) and East Harlem (Mamdani 60/Cuomo 36)
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Awkward neighbors based on last night’s results: UES (Cuomo 62/Mamdani 33) and East Harlem (Mamdani 60/Cuomo 36)
Not so much neighboring Tribeca
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Not so much neighboring Tribeca
Looks like Mamdani is on track to win FiDi
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Looks like Mamdani is on track to win FiDi
NBC News calling it too now
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
NBC News calling it too now
With only a minority of votes counted, @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social has called the NYC mayoral election for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
With only a minority of votes counted, @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social has called the NYC mayoral election for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Decision Desk (@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social) has called both the Virginia and the New Jersey gubernatorial races for the Democrats
election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...
election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Decision Desk (@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social) has called both the Virginia and the New Jersey gubernatorial races for the Democrats
election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...
election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...