Musk’s new AI-powered “Grokipedia” aims to dethrone Wikipedia with truth-focused content but faces backlash for past antisemitic and extremist outputs from its Grok chatbot.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a new online encyclopedia built by his artificial intelligence company xAI, describing it as a “crowdsourced fortress of truth” — a direct challenge to Wikipedia, which Musk has repeatedly denounced as biased and politically manipulated.
Unveiling the site on his platform X, Musk wrote: “Grokipedia.com is now live.” The site features a stark, minimalist interface and currently houses 885,279 articles — a fraction of Wikipedia’s vast 7 million English-language entries. Its tagline boldly declares its mission: “Truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
However, questions loom large over Grokipedia’s credibility and moderation. Reports suggest its database is largely driven by xAI’s Grok model, the same system behind Musk’s controversial chatbot, which was briefly suspended in August after spewing antisemitic and extremist remarks — including false accusations of “genocide” against Israel and the United States.
The incident sparked outrage among Jewish organizations, who called it a “dangerous normalization of online antisemitism.” xAI issued an apology and rolled out a new version, Grok 4, insisting safeguards had been reinforced.
Critics worry that Grokipedia could replicate those same vulnerabilities. Some entries reportedly mirror Wikipedia content, while others appear to echo AI-generated narratives without clear sourcing. Despite Musk’s claims of transparency, the content creation process remains opaque.
Musk’s feud with Wikipedia is longstanding — he has accused the platform of being “riddled with propaganda” and urged users to “stop donating to censorship.” Grokipedia, he insists, will restore “truth without agenda.”
Still, observers note that truth demands accountability — something even Musk’s billions can’t automate.
