A study found Grok 4.7 recommended Republicans in 92% of races. OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 picked Democrats in 97%. The two models disagreed in over 90% of nearly 500 races. Grok often cited conservative voter guides and X. GPT relied on Wikipedia, AP, Axios and Reddit. Grok searched immigration, taxes, crime and energy. GPT searched healthcare and abortion. Grok’s lean vanished when internet search was turned off. GPT’s lean persisted without search. Grok carried 1,240 hidden tokens in API requests. The study was led by Convovo, a Cornell-linked research studio.
- 92% Grok recommended Republicans
- 97% GPT picked Democrats
- 90% disagreement rate
- nearly 500 races
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