Elon Musk Takes On Wikipedia With AI-Powered Grokipedia Launch

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He hasn’t been in the news for about five minutes, so now is a good time to talk about Elon Musk’s latest ambition.

In a world where 99% of famous people have zero concept of mystique, Musk is in the spotlight again with the launch of an online encyclopedia called Grokipedia, which he describes as an AI–driven platform designed to provide information.

The project is positioned as an alternative to Wikipedia, which Musk has long accused of harboring liberal bias and relying too heavily on mainstream news organizations.

On social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Musk said, “The goal here is to create an open source, comprehensive collection of all knowledge. Then place ...