When it comes to searching for information on the internet, systems seem to increasingly resemble a left-wing echo chamber. Take Wikipedia for example.
Artificial intelligence relies on Wikipedia for the basis of some internet search answers, yet Wikipedia is accused of strong left-wing bias, the result being that both are increasingly accused of providing incorrect information.
Now the Trump administration is getting involved.
The US Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is looking into the "online encyclopedia" after claims of antisemitism, anti-conservative bias, and pro-Russian but anti-American tendencies.
The committee even reported to Wikipedia its concerns about attempts to manipulate information to influence and even propagandize Western audiences in the US, Europe and elsewhere.
And now there are even disputes over what exactly Wikipedia is -- does it publish verifiable information exclusively or is it a platform for ideas? To many, especially those who manage the internet, there is a big difference.
Media Resource Center Director of Free Speech America Michael Morris says it's a dark combination of both, and now it's working closely with artificial intelligence programmers and operators, and the effect is a "left wing megaphone."
"ZERO right-wing outlets are being recognized as reliable on the platform called Wikipedia, and a recent Media Resource Center study showed Wikipedia deems 84 percent of leftist outlets 'reliable.' That's just an outrageous double standard on that platform, so effectively it's a left-wing megaphone.
But the problems run deeper.
Artificial intelligence (AI) programs that greet searchers on internet engines pop up at the top of many pages -- most searchers will see this soon -- and those AI searches rely heavily on Wikipedia, which has been shown to have a leftist bias, Morris summarizes.
"So you're getting leftist drivel time and time again, whether you go to a browser or to an AI chatbot or to Wikipedia, and they're all self-reinforcing," Morris says, "it's truly terrifying."
Which indicates that conservatives may think they're winning cultural wars with the help of President Donald Trump, but the information wars are being lost.
Except that President Trump may now be fed up with antisemitism accusations -- without evidence against the man who helped move the Israeli capital to Jerusalem -- appearing in Wikipedia, and Daily Wire goes so far as to say Mr. Trump's "going to war with Wikipedia."
But perhaps most frightening to free speech advocates such as Michael Morris is that very few people are aware of the allegations of incorrect information on both Wikipedia and the AI summaries that appear first in browser searches.
"Users click on the link to the AI summary, and overall users will be 'more likely to end their browsing session entirely after visiting a search page with an AI summary' than pages without a summary."
And if users stop looking for information when they find an AI summary first, is it really an all-around information search or just a consultation with one brand of artificial intelligence?