arXiv:2510.26899cs.CYcs.AI2025-10被引 4

对比1.7万篇百科文章,发现AI生成内容更长但引用少,政治倾向有偏移。

How Similar Are Grokipedia and Wikipedia? A Multi-Dimensional Textual and Structural Comparison

  • 比对1.7万对文章,分析词法、结构与语义相似度
  • Grokipedia文章更长但每千字引用数显著减少
  • 部分条目政治倾向明显右倾,适合关注AI知识治理者

Grokipedia由Elon Musk的xAI开发,宣称以大语言模型Grok生成更“真实”的条目,回应Wikipedia的意识形态与结构性偏见。本研究对20,000个最常编辑的英文Wikipedia页面中的17,790组匹配条目进行了大规模计算比较,采用涵盖词汇丰富度、可读性、引用密度、结构特征与语义相似性的多维指标,评估二者在形式与内容上的契合程度。结果表明,Grokipedia文章显著更长,且单位字数引用数量显著更低。内容可分为两类:一类与Wikipedia语义和风格高度一致,另一类则明显偏离。在偏离条目中,频繁引用的新闻媒体呈现系统性右倾趋势,主要集中在历史、宗教、文学与艺术类条目。总体显示,AI生成百科内容脱离传统编辑规范,偏好叙事扩展而非引证验证,引发对透明度、知识来源及自动化信息治理的深层质疑。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The launch of Grokipedia, an AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musk's xAI, was presented as a response to perceived ideological and structural biases in Wikipedia, aiming to produce "truthful" entries using the Grok large language model. Yet whether an AI-driven alternative can escape the biases and limitations of human-edited platforms remains unclear. This study conducts a large-scale computational comparison of 17,790 matched article pairs from the 20,000 most-edited English Wikipedia pages. Using metrics spanning lexical richness, readability, reference density, structural features, and semantic similarity, we assess how closely the two platforms align in form and substance. We find that Grokipedia articles are substantially longer and contain significantly fewer references per word. Moreover, Grokipedia's content divides into two distinct groups: one that remains semantically and stylistically aligned with Wikipedia, and another that diverges sharply. Among the dissimilar articles, we observe a systematic rightward shift in the political bias of frequently cited news media sources, concentrated primarily in entries related to history and religion, and literature and art. More broadly, the findings indicate that AI-generated encyclopedic content departs from established editorial norms, favoring narrative expansion over citation-based verification, raising questions about transparency, provenance, and the governance of knowledge in automated information systems.

AI百科内容偏见语义对比知识治理

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