Overview

• Musk announced on X that xAI is developing a project called Grokipedia positioned as an alternative to Wikipedia.
• xAI has not disclosed launch timing, editorial rules, sourcing practices, or governance for the new reference site.
• The name ties the effort to xAI’s Grok chatbot, which recently drew scrutiny for antisemitic outputs that the company attributed to faulty programming.
• Wikipedia is written and edited by volunteers, a model Musk has criticized as left-leaning for years.
• Musk ally David Sacks, appointed by President Trump as an AI adviser, criticized using Wikipedia to train AI shortly before the announcement, and coverage notes similar encyclopedia initiatives such as a recent Russian government-friendly project.