Overview
- xAI released Grokipedia v0.1, an AI-compiled encyclopedia built on Grok, launching with about 885,000 articles versus more than 8 million on Wikipedia.
- Musk said even version 0.1 is better than Wikipedia and pledged a 1.0 release he claims will be “ten times better.”
- The Washington Post reported the site experienced a brief outage within an hour of launch before returning to service.
- Early entries present a distinct editorial framing of the war in Ukraine, citing deep historical context, Crimea’s largely Russian population, Minsk violations on both sides, allegations against Ukrainian forces, and NATO expansion.
- Responses ranged from RDIF chief Kirill Dmitriev’s claim that Wikipedia’s “monopoly” is collapsing to RuWiki’s CEO stressing that expert oversight is crucial for AI encyclopedias’ reliability.