Grokipedia launches with 885k AI-written entries; critics flag bias

Elon Musk launched an early version of Grokipedia — an online encyclopedia promoted as a “less biased” alternative to Wikipedia. — Image credit: ROBIN LEGRAND/AFP via Getty Images

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Summary

Early launch

Grokipedia went live Monday, briefly crashed, and resurfaced with ~885,000 AI-generated entries, far fewer than Wikipedia’s English database.

Content concerns

Reviewers flagged inaccuracies and instances mirroring Wikipedia wording; some pages reflected Musk-aligned positions on contested topics.

Dueling models

Musk says Grokipedia will “purge propaganda.” Wikipedia points to human editors, transparent rules, and neutral-point-of-view policies.

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Elon Musk on Monday launched an early version of Grokipedia — an online encyclopedia powered by his xAI systems and promoted as a “less biased” alternative to Wikipedia. The site briefly crashed after going live, but later reappeared, according to multiple outlets.

At launch, Grokipedia listed about 885,000 AI-written articles, far fewer than Wikipedia’s English-language edition with millions of entries. Reporters at The Washington Post found that several entries echoed Musk’s views and framed contested social issues through a right-leaning lens.

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How it differs from Wikipedia

The Post said the site’s design closely mimics Wikipedia but with less transparency and fewer details on sourcing. Musk told followers on X that Grokipedia would “purge out the propaganda.”

Postponing Grokipedia v0.1 launch to end of week.

We need to do more work to purge out the propaganda.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 20, 2025

CNBC reported Grokipedia appears to be entirely AI-generated, whereas Wikipedia relies on volunteer editors. It said Musk characterized the release as “version 0.1,” saying “version 1.0 will be 10X better.”

Criticism and early errors

The Post highlighted inaccuracies and copied material, including a mistaken claim about a U.S. political figure’s role in a government advisory panel. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales told The Post last week he expected “ a lot of errors,” while co-founder Larry Sanger posted examples of factual mistakes.

Wikipedia’s response

A Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson told CNBC the group is assessing Grokipedia and reiterated that Wikipedia’s strength lies in its transparency and “human-created knowledge.” The Times reported that Wales is leading internal work to reinforce a neutral point of view and study potential biases. It said that Wikipedia is facing rising AI scraping even as human visits declined this year.

What’s next

Musk delayed Grokipedia’s debut by a week, saying he wanted to “purge out the propaganda” before release, The Post reports. The encyclopedia is linked to Muske’s Grok chatbot — meaning it can update quickly, but may also repeat the same high-profile AI errors users have flagged before.

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William is a producer at Straight Arrow News, located in Omaha, Nebraska.

Jason K. Morrell (Morning Managing Editor) and Julia Marshall (Morning Digital Producer) contributed to this report.

Tags: AI, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Grok, Twitter, Wikipedia, xAI

Why this story matters

Elon Musk's launch of Grokipedia, an AI-powered online encyclopedia, challenges the established model of Wikipedia and raises questions about bias, reliability and the future of knowledge curation as both platforms face scrutiny over objectivity and content control.

AI-generated knowledge

Grokipedia relies on artificial intelligence, unlike Wikipedia's human-curated model, which highlights ongoing debates about the accuracy, transparency and risks of using AI for creating and verifying large-scale information resources.

Ideological bias

According to multiple sources, both Grokipedia and Wikipedia are subjects of claims and counterclaims about political or ideological slant, underscoring the ongoing struggle over neutrality and representation in widely used information platforms.

Content reliability and sourcing

Questions about the origins and accuracy of Grokipedia’s articles, including allegations of content copied from Wikipedia and instances of factual errors, stress the importance of transparent sourcing and rigorous editorial oversight in public knowledge databases.

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Context corner

Wikipedia’s model relies on a global network of volunteer editors since its founding in 2001, emphasizing collaborative human knowledge. Musk proposes Grokipedia as an automated, AI-driven alternative, reflecting broader debates about automation versus crowdsourcing in online knowledge creation.

Debunking

According to reporting by The Verge and other sources, many initial Grokipedia entries were nearly identical to Wikipedia articles, with disclaimers indicating this adaptation, which confirms the reuse rather than fully original content as initially implied by some promotional statements.

Global impact

Grokipedia aims to be internationally accessible and open source, but is currently English-only. Wikipedia's content is produced and reviewed globally, while Grokipedia’s model could raise questions about global representation in AI-generated knowledge bases.

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Bias comparison

Media outlets on the left frame Grokipedia as a politically motivated project that "pushes far-right talking points," highlighting concrete errors and accusing it of "cribbing" Wikipedia
Media outlets in the center focus on technical rollout and accuracy testing.
Media outlets on the right emphasize innovation, scale, and combatting "woke" bias, using terms like "truth-seeking" and portraying launch problems as acceptable tradeoffs.

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Key points from the Left

Elon Musk launched Grokipedia, an AI-driven online encyclopedia, as a conservative alternative to Wikipedia, which he claims has a "woke" nature.
Grokipedia currently features 885,000 articles and initially cites some content from Wikipedia, but Musk aims to stop this by the end of the year.
The Wikimedia Foundation stated that it is assessing Grokipedia and emphasized that Wikipedia is built on human knowledge and collaboration.
Some Grokipedia entries have been criticized for lacking context on significant events and framing them from a conservative perspective, which many reviewers view as biased.

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Key points from the Center

On Oct 27, Elon Musk unveiled Grokipedia, an AI-driven online encyclopedia by xAI that briefly crashed and listed more than 800,000 AI-generated entries versus Wikipedia's nearly 8 million human-written ones.
Following months of criticism, Elon Musk pitched Grokipedia as a corrective to perceived bias, announcing last month that investor David Sacks suggested the idea during Musk's All‑In Podcast appearance.
Grokipedia is labeled v0.1 and lists 885,279 articles; visitors cannot edit directly but can suggest changes via a pop-up form, with entries fact-checked by Grok, the xAI chatbot.
The Wikimedia Foundation said Monday it is examining Grokipedia and emphasized Wikipedia's knowledge is human, while Lauren Dickinson said `even Grokipedia needs Wikipedia to exist` and Jimmy Wales warned AI will make errors.
In broader context, Grokipedia reframes recent U.S. Events like the January 6 insurrection and President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss while early reviewers such as WIRED noted a conservative tilt and inaccuracies on HIV/AIDS and transgender topics.

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Key points from the Right

Elon Musk launched Grokipedia, an AI-powered encyclopedia, on Oct. 27, 2025, featuring over 800,000 AI-generated entries.
Users reported that Grokipedia's site briefly crashed due to high traffic after its launch.
Musk claimed Grokipedia would "purge out the propaganda" from Wikipedia, expressing a belief that it would be a better alternative.
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales remarked that he does not believe AI can match the accuracy found in Wikipedia's human editing process.

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