Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has launched Grokipedia, an AI-generated encyclopedia positioned as a direct alternative to Wikipedia. Released in beta v0.1 on October 27, 2025, the platform aims to deliver what Musk calls “the truth” by using the Grok language model to generate and curate articles instead of relying on human editors.
At launch, Grokipedia featured around 885,000 articles, far fewer than Wikipedia, and requires users to log in with an X account. Unlike Wikipedia’s open-editing model, content creation and updates are centralized within xAI’s AI system.
The platform immediately faced criticism after users discovered that some entries were adapted from Wikipedia under Creative Commons licensing, highlighting reliance on the very platform Musk has long criticized. xAI has acknowledged this and says it plans to transition to fully AI-generated content.
Concerns have also emerged over editorial bias, particularly in politically and socially sensitive topics. Critics pointed to examples where Grokipedia’s tone and framing differed sharply from Wikipedia’s neutral style, including articles on gender, Elon Musk, and the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack.
In response, the Wikimedia Foundation defended Wikipedia’s human-driven, community-based model, emphasizing that AI platforms still depend heavily on open, volunteer-created knowledge.
While Grokipedia promises real-time updates and “truth-seeking” AI, its early technical issues, content overlaps, and bias concerns suggest a challenging path ahead. Whether xAI can deliver a credible, less-biased alternative to Wikipedia remains an open question as development continues toward a planned version 1.0 release.
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