Elon Musk is truly amazing. How is one man able to screw up so many things? Now he is going after Wikipedia. I really like Wikipedia and use it often. I send small donations in at least twice a year. I like the way it gives the reader the sources of the information in the entries. I like its thoroughness, its neutrality, its comprehensiveness.
Not Musk. He thinks he will “purge out the propaganda” which he says floods Wikipedia. He is starting a rival program called “Grokipedia.” Evidently conservatives think Wikipedia is too “woke.” In other words, it is a reliable source of actual information rather than the crap that will soon be available on Musk’s invention. By the way, the entries in Grokipedia will be edited by xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence company.
If you haven’t given a contribution to Wikipedia, please consider it. From what I’ve read, less than 2% of Wikipedia users contribute.
Some of the info for this post is from Kate Conger, “Musk’s Rival to Wikipedia Aims to Correct the Record," New York Times, (Oct. 29, 2025), p. B-5.
I love Wikipedia and I also give to their platform. From everything I have used them for info, and it has always been spot on. It is a great source, and I wouldn't trust musk and his henchmen to be fair with their postings. Of course, with the use of AI much of their info will be plagiarized from Wikipedia.
ReplyDeleteThe far right is has always been trying to use Wikipedia to convey disinformation. Fortunately, Wikipedia has A self correcting mechanism. Workers monitor content for changes that conclude erroneous information, and correct them.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Musk Got permission to use the word "Grok" From Robert Heinlein's estate. The author wasn't a big fan of Nazis!