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Elon Musk Confirms Grokipedia Debut in Two Weeks, Aiming for Unbiased Knowledge Hub

Swarajya News Staff

Oct 05, 2025, 04:08 PM | Updated 04:08 PM IST


X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk. (Image: Shutterstock)
X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk. (Image: Shutterstock)

Elon Musk once again revealed the development of Grokipedia, with reports of an early beta version planned for release soon after.

This new initiative positions Grokipedia as a direct competitor to Wikipedia, promising advanced features that integrate Grok AI for enhanced accuracy and user interaction.

Musk revealed the rollout timeline in a post on X, formerly Twitter, emphasizing its potential to revolutionize online information access.

The platform builds on xAI's previous models like Grok 4, which launched in July 2025 with cost-efficient designs for enterprise use. Grokipedia aims to provide real-time updates and reasoning capabilities, drawing from a vast dataset trained on diverse sources.

xAI confirmed the platform's beta access for X Premium users initially, expanding on the success of Grok 3 released in February 2025 with exceptional reasoning models. The announcement follows xAI's $200 million funding round in July 2025, which enabled rapid development of AI tools like Grok for Government. Musk stated, "Grokipedia will surpass Wikipedia in every way," underscoring its focus on unbiased, AI-driven content curation.

Further Grokipedia will also integrate video generation features from Grok Imagine, announced in August 2025, allowing users to visualize complex topics. Elon Musk plans to make the platform available globally, with initial testing in the United States and potential expansion to India by late 2025.

The project draws from Musk's physics-based analysis approach, boiling down information to fundamental truths for reliable outputs. xAI engineers designed Grokipedia to handle multilingual queries, supporting languages like Hindi and Tamil for broader accessibility. Musk added, "This is the future of knowledge sharing," in his X post, generating over 1 million engagements within hours.

Elon Musk connected Grokipedia's creation to concerns over Wikipedia's alleged woke takeover, where progressive ideologies purportedly influence content moderation.

He criticized Wikipedia as "hopelessly biased," arguing that editorial controls favor certain narratives, suppressing diverse viewpoints on topics like politics and science. This bias, Musk claims, stems from a dominance of left-leaning editors who enforce strict guidelines, leading to skewed representations of figures like himself.

Grokipedia addresses this by employing AI to minimize human intervention, ensuring neutral, fact-based entries. Musk remarked, "Frankly, it is time for a rival," in reference to Wikipedia's perceived ideological capture.

Musk had also amplified posts highlighting Wikipedia's evolution since 2001, where volunteer editors increasingly align with social justice themes, altering articles on climate change and gender issues.

Musk's announcement ties into broader debates on information control, where woke influences reportedly lead to censorship of conservative perspectives on Wikipedia.

Examples include rapid edits to controversial pages, often favoring mainstream media sources over independent ones.


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