Usman Salis
● Elon Musk has fired back at outlets like WIRED, The Atlantic, and The Guardian, claiming they only stay afloat through "donations from far-left organizations disguised as charities." His comments came after WIRED published an investigation accusing his new platform, Grokipedia, of promoting far-right talking points and misinformation.
● xAI launched Grokipedia on October 27, 2025—an AI-powered encyclopedia running on Musk's Grok language model. The platform boasts over 900,000 AI-generated articles, many adapted from Wikipedia content under Creative Commons licensing. But unlike Wikipedia's open-editing model, Grokipedia only lets users submit correction requests through a form.
● Grokipedia's stated mission is to "purge the propaganda" Musk claims infects Wikipedia and mainstream media. Critics say it just swaps one bias for another. The site has been called out for slanting content toward right-leaning politics and Musk's own views, while also spreading medical misinformation. WIRED pointed to examples like linking pornography to the AIDS crisis and suggesting social media caused increased transgender visibility—claims experts reject as false.
Wikipedia just dropped a nuke on Elon's Grokipedia. Grok: 'We purged the propaganda.' Wikipedia: 'You are the propaganda.' The Wiki Wars have begun. The controversy exploded on social media. Commentator VraserX captured the moment in a viral post
● "Wiki Wars" has become shorthand for the ideological fight over who controls truth in the AI age. Musk's supporters see Grokipedia as a needed challenge to establishment bias. Critics worry it's normalizing algorithmic echo chambers dressed up as free speech.
● Whether Grokipedia becomes a trusted knowledge source or stays a politically charged experiment is unclear. But Musk has once again put himself at the center of a global argument about information, power, and control in the AI era.
Usman Salis
