00:00In late October 2025, a new chapter in online knowledge began.
00:05Elon Musk's AI company, XAI, officially launched Grokipedia version 0.1,
00:12an AI-powered encyclopedia built to rival Wikipedia.
00:16Unlike the crowdsourced model of Wikipedia, Grokipedia is entirely driven by artificial
00:21intelligence. Its articles are generated, curated, and verified by the Grok chatbot itself.
00:28The website went live on October 27, 2025. Clean, minimal, and labeled as version 0.1,
00:37it debuted with nearly 900,000 articles, a massive start for an early release.
00:44But the launch wasn't perfect. Just hours after going online,
00:48Grokipedia briefly crashed under heavy traffic. Still, it quickly returned,
00:54signaling the high interest surrounding Musk's new project.
00:57According to Musk, Grokipedia's mission is simple. To pursue the truth, the whole truth,
01:04and nothing but the truth. Yet, controversy followed almost instantly.
01:10Observers noticed that many Grokipedia articles appeared copied or adapted directly from Wikipedia,
01:16complete with disclaimers referencing Creative Commons.
01:19Critics raised questions about originality, bias, and whether an AI-driven encyclopedia can really
01:26ensure accuracy without human editors. For now, users can't freely edit entries.
01:33Instead, they can suggest corrections, which the system reviews through Grok's AI filters.
01:39It's a closed model, contrasting sharply with Wikipedia's open editing community.
01:44Supporters see Grokipedia as the next evolution of information, faster, more objective, and endlessly
01:51scalable. Skeptics, however, warn of over-reliance on AI, possible misinformation, and the loss of
01:59collective human oversight that made Wikipedia what it is today. Version 0.1 marks only the beginning.
02:06Future updates are expected to expand coverage, refine accuracy, and introduce limited editing tools.
02:14Grokipedia's arrival represents more than just another tech launch. It's the start of a debate
02:20about truth itself. And whether, in the age of artificial intelligence, machines can be trusted
02:26to define it.
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