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Musk’s xAI Announces ‘Grokipedia’ as AI-Built Rival to Wikipedia

Musk casts the in-development encyclopedia as a more objective AI alternative to user-edited Wikipedia.

Overview

  • Elon Musk announced on X that xAI is developing Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia modeled after Wikipedia but powered by the Grok chatbot.
  • xAI has not provided a release timeline, and the project remains in development with no public availability date.
  • Musk positions Grokipedia as more objective than Wikipedia, and the name ties to Grok, which he says is designed to seek truth.
  • The rollout follows renewed criticism of Wikipedia from Musk and ally David Sacks, with Musk endorsing posts alleging political bias on the site.
  • Past controversies around Grok’s harmful outputs, including antisemitic responses and behind-the-scenes tuning, have raised questions about reliability and moderation for the planned platform.