Elon Musk has officially entered the encyclopedia arena — and he’s not coming quietly. The tech mogul, known for disrupting everything from electric cars to orbital launches, has unveiled Grokipedia, a crowdsourced knowledge platform that aims to rival Wikipedia while promising something the Tesla CEO says the current encyclopedia lacks: “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
Now live at Grokipedia.com, the site bears Musk’s signature minimalist style — a clean search bar, a spartan interface, and an audacious claim: nearly 885,000 articles already exist. For comparison, English Wikipedia hosts more than 7 million entries, built over two decades by an army of volunteer editors. That leads to an obvious question: Where is Grokipedia getting its content?
Grokipedia enrages Wikipedia editors.
Because Grokipedia does not need authors, and certainly does not need editors. They are out of a job, realizing their high priesthood of truth control is forever gone. They are replaced as of yesterday.
It does not even really need… pic.twitter.com/wzaLMgHhZG
— Grummz (@Grummz) October 28, 2025
Some entries appear to be lightly modified Wikipedia articles, raising questions about originality. Others, such as the page on the Chola Dynasty, appear hastily assembled with a mere three sources, in contrast to Wikipedia’s heavily footnoted version featuring over 113 references and scholarly citations. Musk’s AI company xAI, the creator of Grok — the chatbot embedded in X (formerly Twitter) — reportedly powers Grokipedia. But Musk hasn’t yet clarified how much of the site’s content is AI-generated, human-edited, or a hybrid of both.
The timing — and tone — are no accident. Musk has long criticized Wikipedia as biased, even calling it “propaganda” and urging users to stop donating to the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. The Grokipedia entry on Wikipedia accuses it of “systemic ideological biases,” especially on political content. That mirrors recent criticism from Republican lawmakers, who launched a congressional investigation in August alleging Wikipedia editors were skewing information to reflect a left-leaning worldview — and, by extension, training AI with those biases.
The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, didn’t mention Musk by name in a Tuesday statement but threw subtle shade at Grokipedia’s approach:
“Unlike newer projects, Wikipedia’s strengths are clear: it has transparent policies, rigorous volunteer oversight, and a strong culture of continuous improvement.”
It’s a fair point. Wikipedia’s editorial model — for all its flaws — has evolved over two decades into a sprawling knowledge ecosystem with global community input, tight source requirements, and strict notability standards. Grokipedia, by contrast, is a mystery box: no visible edit history, unclear sourcing policies, and unknown editorial oversight.
This is how you know Grokipedia is telling the truth pic.twitter.com/DwjfSK7sSg
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) October 29, 2025
Yet Musk’s play here is strategic. In an era where AI systems are increasingly dependent on massive, structured knowledge bases — like Wikipedia — Grokipedia isn’t just about public perception. It’s about data control. Training models like Grok, ChatGPT, or Gemini requires foundational material. And if Musk can build his own repository — aligned with his views on free speech, decentralization, and AI ethics — he reduces dependence on platforms he deems politically compromised.
Whether Grokipedia evolves into a viable competitor or remains a flashy side project remains to be seen. But with Musk’s resources, xAI’s growing ambition, and a digital culture increasingly skeptical of legacy institutions, Wikipedia may no longer have the knowledge space to itself.
