Elon Musk’s newly launched encyclopedia, Grokipedia, is actively promoting the central lie used to try and overturn the 2020 presidential election. The platform’s entry on the January 6 Capitol insurrection cites “widespread claims of voting irregularities” as a valid point.
This falsehood, which has been thoroughly debunked by courts, election audits, and investigators, is presented as part of an “enduring dispute” over the event’s nature. The entry also downplays Donald Trump’s role in inciting the riot.
This content is generated and “fact-checked” by Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, with no human authors or editors involved. Musk has explicitly stated the encyclopedia will align with his right-wing views, serving as his alternative to Wikipedia and “mainstream media.”
The AI-written entry on Jan. 6 also critiques “mainstream accounts” for allegedly amplifying casualty figures “beyond forensic evidence,” while “downplaying antecedent failures in election oversight,” echoing narratives from the far-right.
Beyond this political bias, the platform is already spreading other inaccuracies. Journalists have noted a false claim in another entry suggesting that pornography worsened the Aids epidemic, raising severe doubts about Grokipedia’s credibility as a factual resource.