Elon Musk Launches Grokipedia AI Encyclopedia Citing Wikipedia Bias

Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, an AI-powered online encyclopedia developed by his company xAI, which aims to serve as a less biased alternative to Wikipedia by purging what Musk calls "propaganda" and "woke" content. Despite Musk's criticism of Wikipedia, Grokipedia appears to heavily adapt its content from Wikipedia, with many articles including a Creative Commons license attribution. However, Grokipedia's entries also introduce distinct editorial changes that reflect far-right viewpoints, such as describing trans women as "biological males" and framing climate change consensus as contested, diverging from Wikipedia's more widely accepted scientific consensus. Musk promotes Grokipedia as "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," yet the site has faced criticism for potentially biased and controversial content, including altered descriptions of figures like George Floyd. While Wikipedia is maintained by volunteers, Grokipedia's content creation process is unclear but is believed to be powered by the AI model Grok, which has been noted for generating problematic outputs. Musk has pledged improvements in future versions of Grokipedia, though the platform has experienced technical issues like brief outages since its launch.