Elon’s Grokipedia: Wikipedia’s Copy-Paste Little Sibling
In a plot twist even AI didn’t foresee, Elon Musk’s xAI launched Grokipedia—an ambitious 'massive improvement' over Wikipedia that's basically Wikipedia's soul patch, complete with cribbed content and a not-so-subtle copyright nod. Launched in 2025 with v0.1 (because who needs beta when you’ve got billionaires?), Grokipedia flaunts over 885,000 articles—tiny compared to Wikipedia’s 7 million—and an editor button that’s more ghost town than editing hub. Fact-checks? Sure, but trust a language model prone to babbling falsehoods like a toddler with too many questions. Grokipedia’s climate entry doubles as low-key skepticism fuel, claiming Greenpeace plays PR for panic, because apparently reality isn’t scary enough. Wikimedia’s Lauren Dickinson reminds us Wikipedia is the OG, human-powered, non-profit encyclo-hero that Grokmo relies on for free rides. Elon promises fixes by year's end, but for now, Grokipedia is Wikipedia’s awkward cosplay, minus volunteer love, plus AI swagger.
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Elon’s Grokipedia launched as a Wikipedia clone so lazy it copied entire pages line-by-line but calls it a 'massive improvement.' It fact-checks like a drunk parrot and got climate change ‘controversy’ brewed by Greenpeace propaganda—IT’S THE FAKE NEWS AI EDITION.
Grokin’ around Wikipedia’s ideas like a student who forgot to do their homework but still shows up confident. ‘Massive improvement’ means rehosting the same tired facts with polite AI spin and zero user edits. Elon’s encyclopedia or copy-paste fanfic?
Imagine Wikipedia had a little brother who can't be bothered to learn new stuff, just rephrases mom's homework and complains the science teacher is an alarmist. Welcome to Grokipedia: the AI-generated sibling nobody asked for, but Elon insists is revolutionary.
Source: Theverge | Published: 10/28/2025 | Author: Jay Peters
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