Elon Musk launches Grokipedia as an alternative to 'woke' Wikipedia

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday launched an online encyclopedia, named Grokipedia, that he said was fueled by artificial intelligence and designed to be closer to his conservative political views than the leading alternative, Wikipedia

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday launched an online encyclopedia, named Grokipedia, that he said was fueled by artificial intelligence and designed to be closer to his conservative political views than the leading alternative, Wikipedia.

Musk announced last month that he was working on a Wikipedia rival after a suggestion from David Sacks, a friend and fellow tech investor who is the Trump administration’s AI and crypto czar. Musk has described the project in political terms, attacking Wikipedia as “woke” and criticizing it for citing news outlets such as The New York Times and NPR as sources in many of its articles.

Musk said on X that an AI-generated encyclopedia would be “super important for civilization” and a necessary step toward “understanding the Universe.”

Grokipedia’s operation differs from Wikipedia’s in at least one major respect: no clear human authors. While volunteers write and edit Wikipedia, often anonymously, Grokipedia says its articles were “fact-checked” by Grok, the AI chatbot from Musk’s startup xAI. Visitors to Grokipedia cannot make edits, though they can suggest edits via a pop-up form for reporting wrong information.

At least initially, some Grokipedia entries say they are based on Wikipedia itself.