Overview
- xAI launched the AI-edited encyclopedia on Oct. 27 with roughly 800,000–885,000 entries, and the site briefly crashed after going live.
- Reporters and academics have documented near‑verbatim reuse of Wikipedia text alongside factual errors in numerous entries.
- Analyses found right‑leaning framings on sensitive topics, including Kremlin terminology on the Russia‑Ukraine war, Britain First labeled a “patriotic political party,” Jan. 6 described as a “riot,” and Trump’s conviction contextualized by a “heavily Democratic jurisdiction.”
- The Wikimedia Foundation said it is still trying to understand how Grokipedia works and contrasted it with Wikipedia’s transparent edit histories and volunteer oversight.
- Concerns are amplified by Grok’s earlier offensive outputs, including a temporary Turkish court block, and by a columnist’s report of Holocaust‑distorting phrasing on Grokipedia.