Forced to pick, Grok’s AI model chooses Republicans. OpenAI’s picks Democrats.

A Convovo study led by Cornell professor Tapan Parikh found that when asked via API to name one candidate in nearly 500 races, SpaceXAI's Grok 4.7 recommended the Republican in 92% of answers while OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol picked the Democrat in 97%, with the two models agreeing less than 10% of the time. The consumer apps refused to answer, and OpenAI said the API test doesn't reflect how people use ChatGPT; with internet search disabled, GPT still leaned Democratic while Grok's Republican lean disappeared and it declined to pick in 27 of 30 races. The study also noted that every Grok API request carried about 1,240 tokens of additional input the researchers could not see or remove.