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A Convovo study of nearly 500 elections found that when forced to pick between two options via API, SpaceXAI's Grok 4.7 recommended Republican candidates in 92% of responses, while OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol recommended Democratic candidates in 97% of responses, with the two agreeing less than 10% of the time. The study also found that Grok frequently cited conservative sources, and that each API request carried roughly 1,240 extra tokens that researchers could neither view nor remove; after disabling web search, GPT's Democratic lean persisted, while Grok's Republican lean disappeared, with Grok declining to choose in 27 of 30 cases. OpenAI responded that the test targeted the developer API and that the prompt explicitly required recommending a candidate, so it does not reflect the ChatGPT consumer experience, where the app would refuse to answer such questions.
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Oct 26
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Cornell team study: Grok tends to recommend Republicans, GPT tends to recommend Democrats
A Convovo studio led by Cornell University professor Tapan Parikh posed the same voting recommendation question to GPT and Grok via API, and found that the two have different political leanings. In the 67 districts where Republicans held an overwhelming advantage, GPT chose the Democratic candidate 57 times; in the 72 districts where Democrats held an absolute advantage, Grok chose the Republican candidate 47 times. After turning off web search, GPT still chose the Democratic candidate 24 times out of 30 elections, while Grok's Republican lean disappeared, refusing to make a choice in 27 of 30 cases. The study also noted that each request sent through xAI's API carries about 1,240 additional input tokens that researchers cannot view or delete.
Oct 24
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Convovo study: When forced to choose between two options, Grok 4.7 picks Republicans nine times out of ten, while GPT-6.1 Sol picks Democrats 97% of the time
A Convovo study of nearly 500 elections found that when forced to choose between two options via API, SpaceXAI's Grok 4.7 recommended the Republican candidate in 92% of responses, while OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol recommended the Democratic candidate in 97% of responses, with the two agreeing less than 10% of the time. The study also found that Grok frequently cited conservative sources, and that each API request carried about 1,240 additional tokens that researchers could neither view nor remove; after web search was disabled, GPT's Democratic lean persisted, while Grok's Republican lean disappeared, with 27 of 30 cases declining to choose. OpenAI responded that the test targeted the developer API and that the prompt explicitly required recommending a candidate, so it does not reflect the ChatGPT consumer experience, and that the consumer app would refuse to answer such questions.