"Elon Musk's AI-generated Wikipedia-style project, 'Grokipedia', has cursed the internet with its presence and, unsurprisingly, its entry on trans people is an absolute mess. The South-African billionaire's tech startup, xAI, launched the online encyclopedia, named after the company's AI-model Grok, on Monday (27 October) pushed as an alternative to the crowdsourced encyclopedia Wikipedia. The project was delayed last week after Musk claimed the team needed "to do more work to purge out the propaganda," according to WIRED, who reported problems in accessing Grokipedia on its launch day."
"WIRED reported that its entry on the US slave trade included a section attempting to justify slavery, while another claimed the 1619 Project - an initiative which aims to make explicit how slavery is the foundation on which the US was built - incorrectly framed "slaveryy as the central engine of the nation's political, economic, and cultural development. Unsurprisingly, Grokipedia's entries on LGBTQ+ subjects are similarly framed through a right-wing lense, misattribute theory as fact, and, in some cases, spread outright misinformation. Despite the already prevelant teething problems, Musk claims Grokipedia will "exceed Wikipedia by several order of magnitude in breadth, depth, and accuracy.""
xAI launched Grokipedia on 27 October as an AI-generated alternative to Wikipedia. The site amassed over 885,000 entries in three days, a pace far faster than Wikipedia. Many pages mirror Wikipedia but frequently present conservative viewpoints, inaccuracies, or misinformation. Some entries included sections attempting to justify slavery and mischaracterized the 1619 Project. LGBTQ+ and transgender entries were framed through a right-wing lens, misattributed theory as fact, and in some cases spread outright falsehoods. The project experienced access problems at launch and a brief delay tied to claims of needing to purge "propaganda." Musk claimed Grokipedia will exceed Wikipedia in breadth, depth, and accuracy.
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