xAI and Grok’s Antisemitic, White Nationalist Rhetoric Should Immediately Disqualify Them from Federal Government Use
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new analysis from Cornell University reveals that Elon Musk’s online encyclopedia, Grokipedia, developed under xAI, has cited neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, white nationalist site VDare 107 times, and conspiracy outlet Infowars 34 times, treating them as legitimate references across hundreds of articles. Unlike Wikipedia, which bars such hate-filled, unreliable sources, Grokipedia appears to embrace them, relying on an opaque, AI-driven editorial process that elevates extremist content and distorts history, politics, and current events.
J.B. Branch, Big Tech accountability advocate at Public Citizen, released the following statement in response:
“How much more evidence does it take for the Trump administration to acknowledge that xAI and Grok are saturated with antisemitic, white nationalist rhetoric, and conspiracy theories?
“Treating neo-Nazi sources as credible is beyond the pale. And yet this is the era we’re living in: one in which white nationalists and neo-Nazis are not only flooding the internet with propaganda but gaining influence inside our federal government. This level of normalization is dangerous, it is deliberate, and it must be confronted.”
Earlier this year, Public Citizen—alongside more than 30 civil rights, consumer protection, and technology accountability organizations—urged the Trump administration to immediately discontinue the use of Grok across the federal government. In that joint letter, and in a subsequent follow up letter, the coalition warned that Grok lacked the basic safety, accuracy, and integrity standards required for use in sensitive government settings, and that its pattern of amplifying extremist content posed unacceptable risks to public servants and the public. Today’s revelations about Grokipedia’s reliance on neo-Nazi and white nationalist sources only reinforce the coalition’s original concerns and underscore the urgent need for the administration to end its federal contract with xAI’s tools.