Elon Musk-owned company, xAI, on Tuesday launched 'Grokipedia', developed on artificial intelligence, to compete with online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, which he has accused of ideological bias.
According to xAI, the site, dubbed version 0.1, had more than 885,279 articles. Grokipedia does not have human authors, unlike Wikipedia, which is written and edited by volunteers in a transparent process.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Musk said: "The goal of Grok and Grokipedia.com is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. We will never be perfect, but we shall nonetheless strive towards that goal."
The launch came with the promise of a newer version 1.0, which Musk said would be '10X better' than the current live site, which he claimed is already 'better than Wikipedia'.
It should be noted that Grokipedia's content is generated through AI, using xAI's generative assistant Grok.
A Grokipedia article dedicated to Musk mentioned that the Tesla CEO has “influenced broader debates on technological progress, demographic decline, and institutional biases, often via X,” amid what the page says are “criticisms from legacy media outlets that exhibit systemic left-leaning tilts in coverage”.