Billionaire Elon Musk unveils ‘Grokipedia’ to challenge Wikipedia’s dominance
Story by Okafor Vivian
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has unveiled Grokipedia, a new online encyclopedia designed to rival Wikipedia, which the billionaire has repeatedly accused of ideological bias.
The platform, described as version 0.1, went live on Monday with over 885,000 articles, compared to Wikipedia’s more than seven million English-language entries. Musk announced that an upgraded version 1.0 would soon follow, promising it would be “10X better” than the current site, which he already claims is “better than Wikipedia.”
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“The goal of Grok and Grokipedia is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. We will never be perfect, but we shall nonetheless strive towards that goal,” Musk wrote on X shortly after the launch.
Originally slated for release in late September, Grokipedia’s debut was delayed to allow time to “purge out the propaganda,” Musk said in a separate post.
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The tech mogul has long criticized Wikipedia, accusing it of being “controlled by far-left activists” and urging people to stop donating to the site. In August 2024, he argued that “Wikipedia cannot be used as a definitive source for Community Notes,” citing what he described as “extremely left-biased editorial control.”
Grokipedia’s articles are powered by artificial intelligence through Musk’s generative AI assistant, Grok. The platform’s own entry about Musk describes him as a figure who has “influenced broader debates on technological progress, demographic decline, and institutional biases, often via X,” while noting “criticisms from legacy media outlets exhibiting systemic left-leaning tilts.”
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Founded in 2001, Wikipedia remains a volunteer-driven, donation-funded encyclopedia committed to a “neutral point of view.” AFP has reached out to Wikipedia for comment on the launch of Grokipedia.
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