In a bold move in the knowledge-era, Elon Musk and his artificial intelligence company xAI have launched Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia powered entirely by AI. The platform seeks to compete with Wikipedia by offering a new approach to how information is created, managed and verified.
What Grokipedia is
Grokipedia was officially unveiled on October 27, 2025, and at launch it included over 800,000 English-language articles. Unlike Wikipedia, where content is written and edited by human volunteers, Grokipedia uses Musk’s chatbot AI model “Grok” to generate and fact-check entries.
Musk has described his vision for Grokipedia as “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” citing his belief that Wikipedia is biased and in need of an alternative.
Why It Matters
- AI-driven knowledge creation: Grokipedia represents a shift from crowdsourced human editors toward machine-generated and machine-verified content.
- Questioning traditional models: Wikipedia has long been a reference point for information online. Grokipedia’s launch challenges the assumption that volunteer-based, community-edited encyclopedias are the only credible model.
- Implications for bias and credibility: Since Grokipedia is driven by AI trained on existing sources (including Wikipedia itself in some cases), questions arise about how bias, accuracy and transparency will be managed.
Key Features & Early Criticism
Some of the notable features and issues so far:
- Users cannot directly edit entries as they can on Wikipedia. Instead, they can flag errors for review.
- Some articles in Grokipedia appear to replicate Wikipedia content nearly verbatim, raising concerns about originality and licensing.
- Analysts have flagged a political-leaning bias in some entries, noting that the launch version of Grokipedia seems to lean right in its presentation of certain topics.
- The editorial process and transparency around how AI generates and curates the content are still unclear.
Big Picture
The launch of Grokipedia is more than a new website—it’s a signal that AI is entering the domain of managing and delivering knowledge itself. As AI-powered platforms become more capable, the question becomes: who controls our information landscape, and how will we trust what we read?
For Musk, Grokipedia is an extension of his belief that mainstream information sources are flawed and that AI offers a path to greater truth and efficiency. For critics, it is a test case of how machine-driven knowledge might replicate biases, errors or lack accountability on a massive scale.