ELON MUSK’S XAI TO LAUNCH ‘GROKIPEDIA,’ TO CHALLENGE WIKIPEDIA’S DOMINANCE

Wed 01 October 2025:

On Tuesday, Elon Musk revealed that his AI company, xAI, is working on “Grokipedia,” a new platform to compete with Wikipedia.

Musk, who owns the social media platform X, said the new service would be a “massive improvement” over the long-established online encyclopedia, whose entries are created and edited by volunteers.

The billionaire has long accused Wikipedia of political bias, claiming it reflects left-leaning views. Musk himself has increasingly aligned with right-wing positions.

David Sacks, a Musk ally who was recently appointed by President Donald Trump as his administration’s AI commissioner, criticized the use of Wikipedia content to train AI software shortly before Musk’s announcement.

The name Grokipedia draws from xAI’s chatbot Grok, which Musk has described as “maximally truth-seeking.” Grok, however, has stirred controversy in recent months after producing anti-Semitic remarks, which Musk’s company attributed to faulty programming.

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Wikipedia, the world’s go-to online encyclopedia, has faced mounting accusations of systemic flaws since its 2001 launch.

Here’s the core of the controversies:

Bias and Manipulation: Critics, including co-founder Larry Sanger and Elon Musk, claim it’s a “leftist propaganda machine” captured by progressive, globalist views. In 2025, U.S. House Republicans launched a probe into organized efforts to inject anti-Israel and antisemitic bias, citing Anti-Defamation League reports on 30 “bad-faith” editors manipulating Gaza-related pages.

Similar allegations target pro-Russia propaganda and anti-Hindu slants, with Atlantic Council reports highlighting Kremlin-linked edits.

Sanger’s “Nine Theses” in September 2025 demanded reforms for neutrality, sparking calls for alternatives like xAI’s Grokipedia.

Paid Editing and Conflicts: A massive 2025 scandal exposed 200+ sockpuppet accounts promoting composer David Woodard across 335 languages for over a decade—Wikipedia’s biggest self-promotion ring.

Law firms and PR agencies are accused of undisclosed paid edits, violating policies.

Legal Battles: In April 2025, India’s Delhi High Court ordered takedowns of “defamatory” content about news agency ANI, labeled a government “propaganda tool,” prompting Supreme Court scrutiny on free speech.

U.S. officials alleged foreign actors exploit it for disinformation.

Accuracy and Vandalism: Open editing invites errors, with 2025 edit wars on Israel-Palestine leading to 14 bans for sockpuppetry.

Post-Charlie Kirk assassination, it was slammed for a “left-wing narrative.”Defenders argue its volunteer model self-corrects, but trust is eroding—especially as it trains biased AIs.

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