In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia

<p>From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research</p><p>The eminent British historian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/richard-j-evans">Sir Richard Evans</a> produced three expert witness reports for the libel trial involving the Holocaust denier David Irving, studied for a doctorate under the supervision of Theodore Zeldin, succeeded David Cannadine as Regius professor of history at Cambridge (a post endowed by Henry VIII) and supervised theses on Bismarck’s social policy.</p><p>That was some of what you could learn from Grokipedia, the AI-powered encyclopedia launched last week by the world’s richest person, Elon Musk. The problem was, as Prof Evans discovered when he logged on to check his own entry, all these facts were false.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/03/grokipedia-academics-assess-elon-musk-ai-powered-encyclopedia">Continue reading...</a>