Grokipedia's Bet: The Race Between AI Speed and Human Precision in Pursuit of Truth

Elon Musk has introduced Grokipedia, an AI-powered digital encyclopedia intended to rival Wikipedia by utilizing up-to-the-minute information and automated verification. Created by Musk’s xAI team, the initiative seeks to offer what it calls a “maximum truth-seeking” alternative to Wikipedia, which Musk has previously labeled as biased and “woke,” according to a

. The initial 0.1 version of Grokipedia debuted on October 28, 2025, with 885,279 articles—significantly fewer than Wikipedia’s 7 million—but with a unique method: all content is produced and updated by xAI’s Grok model, which is trained on public data, posts from X, and Wikipedia itself, the Forbes article stated.

However, just days before launch, Musk postponed the release indefinitely over concerns about “legacy propaganda” present in the training material, according to

. Posting on X, he emphasized the necessity of removing biased information before making the platform widely available. This setback highlights the difficulties in constructing an AI-based knowledge platform, where impartiality and openness are still debated. Grokipedia’s articles, including those about Musk, already display a conservative bias, with some entries repeating conspiracy theories or minimizing incidents such as the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack, as explained by Firstpost.

In contrast to Wikipedia’s community-edited format, Grokipedia lets users suggest changes through Grok, but the AI ultimately decides whether to apply them. The site also incorporates a version history that records every modification and removal, aiming for greater transparency, according to a

. Nonetheless, detractors contend that AI-generated articles lack the careful oversight and citation practices that have made Wikipedia reliable. For example, Grokipedia’s page on “gender” describes it as strictly binary and tied to biological sex, a definition that sharply contrasts with Wikipedia’s broader and more inclusive explanation, as Firstpost reported.

The Wikimedia Foundation, which manages Wikipedia, has dismissed Grokipedia as an untested project. “Wikipedia’s knowledge is—and always will be—human,” a spokesperson remarked, pointing out that AI systems like Grok depend on Wikipedia’s content to operate, as noted by Forbes. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has also voiced doubts, arguing that AI-driven encyclopedias are susceptible to mistakes and lack the collaborative discipline that has sustained Wikipedia’s 25-year history, Firstpost reported.

Musk’s new platform prompts larger debates about AI’s influence on public information. Although Grokipedia claims to uphold “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,” its dependence on Grok—a model previously criticized for producing misleading or politically slanted answers—has raised fears of reinforcing bias, according to FelloAI. The use of Creative Commons-licensed Wikipedia material has also come under fire, with some suggesting it compromises the editorial standards of the original, Forbes noted.

As Grokipedia develops, its future will depend on how well it can balance rapid updates with factual accuracy. Should it overcome its present challenges, it could transform the way online knowledge is managed. For now, however, it stands as a divisive test of whether AI can democratize—or distort—truth, FelloAI concluded.