On September 30, Elon Musk announced Grokipedia, an alternative to Wikipedia. The tech billionaire has long been critical of Wikipedia and alleged that the platform is controlled by "far-left activists." Musk said that Grokipedia would be a "massive improvement" over Wikipedia.On September 29, tech founder and advisor in the Trump administration, David Sacks, reacted to a post by Tucker Carlson in which the commentator criticized Wikipedia. Writing from his personal account, Sacks called the platform "hopelessly biased."He added, "Left-wing activists maintain the bios and fight reasonable corrections." Sacks highlighted that the platform is being used in training AI models and called it a "huge problem." A day later, the xAI founder reacted to Sacks' post and announced "Grokipedia.""We are building Grokipedia @xAI... Will be a massive improvement over Wikipedia... Frankly, it is a necessary step towards the xAI goal of understanding the Universe," Elon Musk posted.Netizens were quick enough to share their reactions to Elon Musk's announcement of building a Wikipedia counterpart. An X user demanded an alternative to Reddit, writing,"Next do Reddit."AlphaFox @Alphafox78LINK@elonmusk @xai Next do Reddit.Many other X users slammed Wikipedia for bias and welcomed Musk's announcement.Ryca @_oRyca_LINK@elonmusk @xai Hell yeah, Grokipedia's the shot in the arm Wikipedia desperately needs. Crowdsourced "neutrality" has turned into a biased echo chamber, and xAI's AI-driven fact-checks and rewrites could finally make knowledge reliable againBrando 🇺🇸 @jasbrandoLINK@elonmusk @xai More importantly it would finally be an valued alternative to the heavily left leaning censored platform of Wikipedia. This, just as much as X as a free speech platform, is needed for the future of our country. Great idea, @elonmusk.The idea of building Grokipedia excited many netizens, and many of them shared their suggestions. A user urged to keep the platform user-friendly and free from "donate now" pop-ups. Some users offered niche tech-based advice as well.Mark Cook @markcookvLINK@elonmusk @xai Thank you, Elon! I'm ready to pay to support this Wikipedia replacement. Please make it user-friendly and avoid those annoying 'donate now' pop-ups like some desperate charity!Danny de Wit @dannydewitLINK@elonmusk @xai You should build it like git, with branches of thought that can be merged into what’s considered truth. You can then also use it to structure experiments for learning and progress. Also an amazing way to make sure governments can not use non-science and proven failing systemsHowever, some netizens pointed out that X's own AI chatbot, Grok, uses Wikipedia as a source and doubted the success of Grokipedia.decoy @decoypostsLINK@elonmusk @xai as long as grok still references reddit and google, it's doomed to do be the same thingEx-Prez @patlepresdesppLINK@elonmusk @xai You should start first by having Grok not using Wikipedia as one of its major dataset source! 🤡Musk's post has been making the rounds on the internet. At the time of writing, the post has amassed 18.1 million views and 29K reposts. Later in the day, the Tesla CEO shared another update related to Grokipedia and stated that it would be an open-source knowledge repository. He urged people to join xAI and help build it."Join @xAI and help build Grokipedia, an open source knowledge repository that is vastly better than Wikipedia! This will be available to the public with no limits on use," Musk posted.Elon Musk keeps taking shots at Wikipedia through the yearsElon Musk @elonmuskLINKWikipedia is controlled by far-left activists. People should stop donating to them.The billionaire is a known critic of Wikipedia and often slammed the platform in his X posts. On several instances, Elon Musk reacted to X's post criticizing Wikipedia. In an October 2023 post, SpaceX’s founder questioned the donations requested by the open-source platform, arguing that maintaining it does not require significant capital."Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money... It certainly isn’t needed to operate Wikipedia. You can literally fit a copy of the entire text on your phone!... So, what’s the money for? Inquiring minds want to know ," Musk posted.In a January 2025 post, the billionaire called Wikipedia an "extension of legacy media propaganda."On August 7, Wikipedia's co-founder, Larry Sanger, tagged Elon Musk in a post and said that he found the platform's influence over community notes on X "disturbing." In his response, Musk agreed to Sanger's concern and wrote,"I agree that Wikipedia cannot be used as a definitive source for Community Notes, as the editorial control there is extremely left-biased (and nihilistic imo). Actual source material, not derivative, matters much more."In a recent Tuesday post, Elon Musk referred to Wikipedia as "Wokipedia."While Elon Musk has touted "Grokipedia" as a better alternative to Wikipedia, many shared their reservations about the AI-based counterpart to the community-edited platform.