"What Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Thinks About Hitler, Putin, and Apartheid"
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/grokipedia-elon-musk/684730/
or via this archive link to avoid the paywall: https://archive.is/9i6iW
Here’s how this likely worked in practice: First, Musk turned X into a center of gravity for his own far-right views, and appeared to amplify those who share them. Then he fed this repository of conspiracy theories, vitriol, and memes into an AI model already designed not to shy away from controversial or even hateful views. Finally, Musk used that AI model to write an anti-woke encyclopedia. Now Grokipedia recasts its creator’s opinions as a fountain of objective truth—providing a “comprehensive collection of all knowledge,” as Musk wrote on X. Grok, it should be noted, likely trained on Wikipedia articles, and several Grokipedia entries explicitly note that “the content is adapted from Wikipedia.” Having cannibalized what’s there, Musk wants to use his chatbot to remake the media, internet, and universe of knowledge to his liking.
Warning: Article will trigger Musk fanboys and MAGA cultists and other far-right neo-Nazis, all of whom can fuck off.
