See how Elon Musk’s encyclopedia describes 5 hot-button topics.
- Business Insider compared the Grokipedia and Wikipedia pages of five contentious issues.
- The online encyclopedias had widely different descriptions of Gamergate, but they were more similar on OpenAI.
- Elon Musk’s Grokipedia often blamed criticism on the media or left-leaning institutions.
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia promises to be a “massive improvement over Wikipedia.” How do the two compare?
On Monday afternoon, Grokipedia.com went live. Musk did not immediately claim ownership of the site, but its X account was linked to xAI, Musk’s AI venture. The site’s landing page listed 885,279 articles, calling it v0.1.
“The goal here is to create an open source, comprehensive collection of all knowledge,” said Musk, who later confirmed the domain.
Business Insider examined Grokipedia’s pages about some of the most contentious issues and events, from January 6 and Gamergate to Donald Trump.
Here’s how it compares to Wikipedia.
January 6
Both Grokipedia and Wikipedia call January 6 a “riot.” Beyond that, the two entries are widely different.
The second sentence of Grokipedia’s entry references “widespread claims of voting irregularities.” The Wikipedia references these claims, but repeatedly calls them “false.” The Wikipedia entry calls Rudy Giuliani’s claims of rigged voting machines “conspiracy theories.”
