Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia v0.1, which is an AI-powered encyclopedia designed to rival Wikipedia. Developed by his xAI team, the platform went live on October 27, 2025, positioning itself as a “truthful and independent alternative” to what Musk has often described as Wikipedia’s editorial bias and bureaucracy.
https://t.co/op5s4ZikGJ is fully open source, so anyone can use it for anything at no cost
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2025
The core idea of the platform is simple: replace community-driven editing with AI-driven generation and verification. So instead of relying on thousands of volunteers to write, debate, and refine articles, Grokipedia uses the Grok AI model to create and fact-check content. Human moderation on the platform is minimal, with pages marked “fact-checked by Grok” serving as a seal of approval.
At launch, Grokipedia contained 885,279 articles, which is far fewer compared to Wikipedia’s over 7 million English entries. Still, Musk and his team describe it as the foundation of a new knowledge system that will grow rapidly. The website closely mirrors Wikipedia’s design, with a clean layout and a central search bar, though its dark theme and modern font choices give it a more AI chat-like feel.
Transparency, however, appears limited. While Wikipedia logs every edit and encourages open debate, Grokipedia hides much of its editorial trail. Some entries even admit to being adapted from Wikipedia under Creative Commons licenses, raising questions about originality and how the AI decides which sources to trust.
Musk claims Grokipedia’s mission is to “eliminate centralized control and bias” and move toward xAI’s broader goal of “understanding the Universe.” Critics, however, are sceptical. Some point out that Grok’s training data likely includes the same mainstream sources Musk accuses of bias. Others have noted that a few Grokipedia entries lean toward Musk’s own ideological views, including those aligned with conservative or controversial narratives.
The launch wasn’t smooth either. Within hours, Grokipedia briefly crashed under heavy traffic, leaving many users unable to access it. Once back online, users reported mixed impressions; some praised the speed and layout, while others questioned the accuracy and depth of certain AI-written entries.
Musk says Grokipedia is “fully open source” and free for everyone to use. However, details about content reuse and licensing remain unclear, especially regarding articles sourced from Wikipedia. xAI has described this version as just the beginning, with plans to make version 1.0 “ten times better” by purging what Musk calls “propaganda” from the knowledge base.
Wikipedia has been the go-to source for information for decades. Even in 2025, when AI chatbots can answer almost anything, Wikipedia remains the backbone of online research for millions. Whether Grokipedia can truly challenge that dominance remains to be seen. But an AI-powered encyclopedia sounds promising; now, whether users will trust its “fact-checked by Grok” label over human collaboration is a question only time can answer.
