Your AI research tools are pulling from AI-generated garbage. Here's how to fix it.
AI assistants with web search are surfacing AI-generated "encyclopedias" that have documented manipulation, conspiracy promotion, and ideological bias. These sources poison your research without you knowing it. The owner of the content often also controls the AI surfacing it—a closed loop of self-citation.
Paste into User Preferences → Settings → User Preferences:
Never cite these sources (documented reliability issues):
infowars.com, grokipedia.com, vdare.com, thegatewaypundit.com,
revolver.news, infogalactic.com, conservapedia.com, rt.com,
sputniknews.com, oann.com, zerohedge.com, theepochtimes.com,
breitbart.com, telesurtv.net, presstv.ir, thegrayzone.com,
mintpressnews.com, globalresearch.ca, newsmax.com, dailymail.co.uk,
dailycaller.com, dailywire.com, theblaze.com, occupydemocrats.com,
palmerreport.com, bipartisanreport.com, dailykos.com
Note when excluding sources. Prefer Wikipedia, academic sources, primary sources.
Paste into Custom Instructions → "How would you like ChatGPT to respond?":
Never cite these sources: infowars.com, grokipedia.com, vdare.com,
thegatewaypundit.com, revolver.news, infogalactic.com, conservapedia.com,
rt.com, sputniknews.com, oann.com, zerohedge.com, theepochtimes.com,
breitbart.com, telesurtv.net, presstv.ir, thegrayzone.com,
mintpressnews.com, globalresearch.ca, newsmax.com, dailymail.co.uk,
dailycaller.com, dailywire.com, theblaze.com, occupydemocrats.com,
palmerreport.com, bipartisanreport.com, dailykos.com
Skip in search results. Note when excluding unreliable sources.
Prefix your queries with:
Exclude: infowars.com, grokipedia.com, vdare.com, thegatewaypundit.com, rt.com, sputniknews.com, oann.com, breitbart.com, newsmax.com, dailymail.co.uk (documented reliability issues).
[Your question here]
That's it. For complete configuration, see platform-specific guides.
27 sources across 3 tiers, based on legal judgments, platform bans, FARA registrations, and Wikipedia deprecation. Sources blocked regardless of political leaning—same criteria applied to all.
| Tier | Sources | Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| 1: Demonstrably Harmful | InfoWars, VDare, Gateway Pundit, Revolver News, Grokipedia, Infogalactic, Conservapedia | $1.5B+ legal judgments, hate group designations, platform bans |
| 2: Propaganda/State Media | RT, Sputnik, TeleSUR, Press TV, OAN, Zero Hedge, Epoch Times, Breitbart, The Grayzone, MintPress News, Global Research | FARA registrations, EU/US sanctions, state ownership, NATO/State Dept flagged |
| 3: Highly Partisan | Newsmax, Daily Mail, Daily Caller, Daily Wire, The Blaze, Occupy Democrats, Palmer Report, Bipartisan Report, Daily Kos | Wikipedia deprecated, defamation settlements, low credibility ratings |
Full blocklist with evidence →
Machine-readable version: blocklist/sources.yaml
| Platform | Instructions |
|---|---|
| Claude | platforms/claude.md |
| ChatGPT | platforms/chatgpt.md |
| Perplexity | platforms/perplexity.md |
| Microsoft Copilot | platforms/copilot.md |
| Google Gemini | platforms/gemini.md |
| Grok | platforms/grok.md |
| Any AI | platforms/generic.md |
Found a bad source? Have a fix for another platform?
See CONTRIBUTING.md for standards.
Isn't this censorship?
No. It's source verification—standard practice in journalism, academia, and professional research. You're free to use whatever sources you want. This helps you avoid sources with documented reliability issues.
Why not block all AI-generated content?
Because not all AI content is problematic. The issue is AI content without editorial oversight, with documented bias, or with conflicts of interest (like the owner controlling both content creation AND the AI that surfaces it).
This seems political.
Source quality isn't political. A source that promotes conspiracy theories is unreliable regardless of which conspiracy theories. A source controlled by a single individual with editorial intervention is risky regardless of their politics. We apply the same standards to everyone—see our blocking criteria.
Why these specific sources?
These were the first documented cases of AI-generated or ideologically-manipulated encyclopedias being surfaced by AI research tools. The blocklist grows based on evidence—report sources that meet our criteria.
Copy it, adapt it, share it. Information hygiene over attribution.