Tech giants Elon Musk has launched its own artificial intelligence-based online encyclopedia Grokipedia. Elon Musk decided to launch Grokipedia to compete with Wikipedia. However, there are significant differences between the two platforms. Musk has been making various accusations and criticisms of Wikipedia for a long time. That’s why Musk launched Grokipedia to overtake Wikipedia. Currently Grokipedia v0.1 version is available online for free. However, Grokipedia has fewer articles than Wikipedia. There is a lot of difference between these two platforms. This is the difference we are going to tell you now.
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Wikipedia is a platform run by millions of human volunteers around the world. Who write, edit and check the accuracy of articles on this platform. It is for this reason that it is considered to be the largest online knowledge platform in the world. It has more than 12.3 crore active users. So, Grokipedia is completely based on AI. The platform was created by Elon Musk’s company xAI and is powered by the same AI chatbot Grok. This chatbot is used to generate information and fact check. According to this website, Grokipedia takes some information from Wikipedia under Creative Commons License. (Photo Courtesy – Pinterest)
Any user can edit any page in Wikipedia. However, certain pages are locked to new users, which will help prevent misinformation and spam. Edited content is verified by editors and automated systems. But it is not possible to edit directly in Grokipedia. Users can send edit requests only through the feedback form. Only if your request is approved will the deleted content be visible in the See Edits tab of the website.
While Wikipedia currently has more than 209 million pages, Grokipedia is still in its early stages. Grokipedia currently has 8.8 lakh pages available. Elon Musk says that the upcoming v1 version will further improve the platform’s capabilities and content.
Wikipedia is very advanced in terms of language. While the platform is available in 343 languages, Grokipedia is currently available to users in only 47 languages. The company may add more languages to its platform in the future, which is likely to increase the number of users as well.
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Wikipedia is run by a non-profit organization called the Wikimedia Foundation. It depends entirely on donations and grants for its functioning. While Grokipedia is part of Elon Musk’s company xAI, which was launched in 2023. It is a for-profit company. which derives revenue from its AI products.
Grokipedia is currently in its early stages. But according to Elon Musk’s vision of the future, it could become an AI-powered future of knowledge. If Grokipedia succeeds in gaining the trust that Wikipedia has, the world of the Internet will change completely in the near future.
