Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months
Elon Musk’s AI‑generated encyclopedia, Grokipedia, has not seen any updates since late April, according to a Lawfare report. The platform, launched in October 2025 and now hosting over six million articles, shows no recent edits on its live page. Musk’s last public mention of the project was in February, and xAI has not responded to requests for comment.
- ▪Grokipedia launched in October 2025 with 885,000 articles and expanded to over six million by November 2025.
- ▪Lawfare’s analysis found no accepted or rejected edits on 34,519 pages in the past three months.
- ▪The site’s live page displays a message stating “No live edits available right now.”
- ▪Musk’s most recent X post referencing Grokipedia dates back to February.
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