Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm, xAI, has launched a new online encyclopedia called Grokipedia to rival Wikipedia, which the billionaire claims is biased toward left-wing ideologies.
The new platform, unveiled on Monday, is currently in its early stage version 0.1 and already hosts over 885,000 articles, far fewer than Wikipedia’s more than seven million English-language entries.
Musk, however, promised a much-improved version 1.0, which he said would be “10 times better” than Wikipedia and more accurate in its information.
“The goal of Grok and Grokipedia.com is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,” Musk declared in a post on X. “We will never be perfect, but we shall nonetheless strive towards that goal.”
Originally scheduled for release in September, Grokipedia’s launch was delayed after Musk claimed he wanted to “purge out the propaganda” from the system.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has long criticized Wikipedia, accusing it of being “controlled by far-left activists” and urging people to stop donating to the non-profit.
In August, Musk argued that Wikipedia could not serve as a “definitive source for Community Notes” because of its editorial bias.
Grokipedia’s content is AI-generated, combining inputs from Musk’s generative AI tool, Grok, to produce and manage articles.
One entry on the platform describes Musk as someone who has “influenced broader debates on technological progress, demographic decline, and institutional biases,” while noting criticism from “legacy media outlets with systemic left-leaning coverage.”
Founded in 2001, Wikipedia is a volunteer-driven project that allows anyone to edit or write articles.
It is largely funded by public donations and claims to maintain a neutral point of view across its pages.
Meanwhile, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), which operates Wikipedia, recently reported an 8% decline in human traffic compared to the same period last year.
WMF attributes the drop to the rise of AI tools and search engines that now display instant answers, often drawing from Wikipedia’s content without redirecting users to the original site.
According to Marshall Miller, Wikimedia’s Senior Director of Product for Core Experiences, the decline “reflects a fundamental change in how the public discovers information.”
Updated bot-detection systems also revealed that much of the apparent human traffic earlier this year came from bots designed to evade detection.
Musk’s move with Grokipedia marks his latest step in reshaping the online information landscape part of his broader push to promote what he calls “free speech and truth-centered AI.”