The culture war persists.
Elon Musk has fired the latest salvo in the digital information wars with the launch of Grokipedia, an AI-crafted encyclopedia designed to challenge what he decries as Wikipedia’s “extremely left-biased” narrative.
The new platform, born from the circuits of his Grok AI, debuted with nearly 900,000 articles, a nascent but ambitious rival to Wikipedia’s vast, human-curated library.
Musk champions his creation as a relentless pursuer of “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” a mission that prompted a delayed launch to, in his words, “purge out the propaganda.”
The move has been cheered by right-wing commentators, including Russia’s Alexander Dugin, who praised his Grokipedia entry as “neutral.”
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2025
In response, the Wikimedia Foundation underscored the irreplaceable value of the human touch, stating, “This human-created knowledge is what AI companies rely on… even Grokipedia needs Wikipedia to exist.”
This sets the stage for a fundamental clash: algorithmic truth versus collaboratively built consensus.
