Grokipedia, developed by Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, is being billed as a more objective alternative to Wikipedia. Musk has long criticised the popular online encyclopedia for alleged bias and has described Grokipedia as “a necessary step towards the xAI goal of understanding the Universe.”
The platform’s launch follows a short delay, which Musk said was to “purge out the propaganda.” However, early visitors noticed that many entries are nearly identical to Wikipedia’s articles. The site acknowledges this with a disclaimer stating that “the content is adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.”
Musk has repeatedly accused Wikipedia of bias, claiming the crowd-sourced encyclopedia often reflects political or ideological leanings rather than objective facts. He’s mocked the platform for what he calls “propaganda editing,” suggesting certain narratives are promoted while others are suppressed. Musk’s criticism intensified after Wikipedia editors debated removing the Twitter Files page, which he cited as proof of censorship. He’s also taken aim at Wikipedia’s donation drives, sarcastically offering to give it a billion dollars if it renamed itself “Dickipedia.” His latest venture, Grokipedia, is a direct response to what he views as Wikipedia’s lack of neutrality.
What does Grokipedia offer?
Unlike Wikipedia, Grokipedia’s pages do not include in-line citations or links to source material. Its integration with xAI’s conversational assistant Grok could eventually allow users to query and interact with entries using natural language — a key differentiator Musk is banking on.
Moneycontrol tried a few searches on Grokipedia. The first thing it clearly states that the entry has "been fact-checked by Grok". In other words, it is mostly AI-generated content. We looked at Musk's entry on Grokipedia and it's clearly extremely detailed. Just like Wikipedia, Grokipedia lists references at the end of the post. In Musk's case, there are over 320 references on Grokipedia whereas on Wikipedia, the number exceeds 500.
Interestingly, it has been a few hours since the site went live but -- so far -- Musk hasn't made any post about its launch on X.
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