Launched on October 27, 2025, this AI-generated encyclopedia positions itself as an alternative to Wikipedia. The stated goal: to correct the ‘biases’ and errors of its rival.
The site offers more than 800,000 articles created and edited by the Grok language model, developed by xAI. One promise: a more neutral, more objective encyclopedia, free from the ideological tendencies attributed to Wikipedia.
To learn more, I consult… Wikipedia.
Who documented its rival? Factually, with sources to back it up.
And there, the information stops me: many Grokipedia articles are derivative of Wikipedia, some copied almost word for word. Is this fair? Or biased?
The Wikimedia Foundation notes: ‘Even Grokipedia needs Wikipedia to exist’.
But then:
Who better guarantees objectivity? A community of thousands of volunteers with a transparent process, visible debates, traceable revisions? Or a black-box AI, with opaque arbitrations, reflecting the intentions of its creator?
Which approach inspires you with more confidence? The human chorus or the machine in chorus? Interesting, isn’t it? I even find it ironic to document one about the other, for lack of a better option…
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