That reminds me of a piece of kit that Wikipedia famously did not tell people about for 20 years, and only has a sentence about, even now: terminal concentrators.
 #Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes  #Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human 
 #ai  #artificialintelligence
From John Scalzi:
"... Which is to say, if you have to choose a “pedia” to trust, you might choose the one assembled by a bunch of pedantic nerds saying “well, ACTUALLY” to each other until the heat death of the universe, over the one assembled by an LLM controlled by an insecure Nazi salute-throwing billionaire who sprints to reprogram that LLM every time it shares a fact that makes that billionaire angry or sad, or doesn’t fit into his Playskool Machiavellian ambitions and plans. In this particular case, a thousand pedantic nerds is much better than a single rich one ..."
 #wikipedia  #grokipedia
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/30/a-review-of-grokipedia-using-myself-as-test-subject/
From John Scalzi:
"... Which is to say, if you have to choose a “pedia” to trust, you might choose the one assembled by a bunch of pedantic nerds saying “well, ACTUALLY” to each other until the heat death of the universe, over the one assembled by an LLM controlled by an insecure Nazi salute-throwing billionaire who sprints to reprogram that LLM every time it shares a fact that makes that billionaire angry or sad, or doesn’t fit into his Playskool Machiavellian ambitions and plans. In this particular case, a thousand pedantic nerds is much better than a single rich one ..."
 #wikipedia  #grokipedia
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/30/a-review-of-grokipedia-using-myself-as-test-subject/
La vérif de l'âge est la ligne rouge et les gouvernements devront assumer publiquement de bloquer #Wikipédia
“We’re in talks with Ofcom, but we will not be identifying users under any circumstances. We will not be age-gating Wikipedia under any circumstances. So, if it comes to that, it’s going to be an interesting showdown, because we’re going to just refuse to do it. Politically, what are they going to do? They could block Wikipedia. Good luck with that,”
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/wikipedia-v-uk-government-jimmy-wales-warns-political-showdown-online-safety-act
La vérif de l'âge est la ligne rouge et les gouvernements devront assumer publiquement de bloquer #Wikipédia
“We’re in talks with Ofcom, but we will not be identifying users under any circumstances. We will not be age-gating Wikipedia under any circumstances. So, if it comes to that, it’s going to be an interesting showdown, because we’re going to just refuse to do it. Politically, what are they going to do? They could block Wikipedia. Good luck with that,”
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/wikipedia-v-uk-government-jimmy-wales-warns-political-showdown-online-safety-act
And so it begins, Musk's Grokipedia is scraping Wikipedia and re-writing things in his image.
The entry for climate change?
Let's just say the Wikipedia entry has neither an "Economic and Policy Critiques" section, nor one on the "Role of Media and Advocacy" that accuses both of bias.
Skip the Grokipedia site, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/climate_change instead.
And so it begins, Musk's Grokipedia is scraping Wikipedia and re-writing things in his image.
The entry for climate change?
Let's just say the Wikipedia entry has neither an "Economic and Policy Critiques" section, nor one on the "Role of Media and Advocacy" that accuses both of bias.
Skip the Grokipedia site, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/climate_change instead.
🦄 Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself / Alejandra Caraballo
「 This is the construction of a reality production cartel that creates a parallel information ecosystem designed to codify a deeply partisan, far-right worldview as objective fact. This project was the result of Musk’s repeated failures to bend his existing Large Language Model (LLM), Grok, to his political will without destroying its coherence and reliability 」
https://www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-and-the-coup-against-reality-itself/
We are kicking off a wiki that will contain language-independent representations for articles, so that they can fill gaps in existing Wikipedias. We need a name for this wiki!
Wikipedians can suggest and vote on the currently 84 proposals until November 3
Current top contenders
* Wikicore
* Abstract Wikipedia
* Multilingual Wikipedia
* Proto-Wiki
* Wikiabstracts
* Wikiblueprint
* Wikipedia Blueprint
* Wikibridge
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Abstract_Wikipedia_naming_contest
🦄 Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself / Alejandra Caraballo
「 This is the construction of a reality production cartel that creates a parallel information ecosystem designed to codify a deeply partisan, far-right worldview as objective fact. This project was the result of Musk’s repeated failures to bend his existing Large Language Model (LLM), Grok, to his political will without destroying its coherence and reliability 」
https://www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-and-the-coup-against-reality-itself/
Ich haette lieber 2h mit Domestos gurgeln sollen, als mir die #Grokipedia des Elon #Musk zu geben.
Gefunden habe dreiste Copy and Paste-Nummern von #Wikipedia Artikeln, Hitler-Verharmlosungen & ein Archiv welches zeigt, wie schamlos die AI-Crawler sich bedienen.
Ein Fiebertraum, wie er nicht anders zu erwarten war. Was eine bekloppte Welt.
Gerne teilen. Danke fuer euren Support 🙏
Elon Musk is stealing Wikipedia and creating a grotesque right-wing parody.
 @gleick surprise, surprise. 😏
Isn't this a perfect moment to donate to the real  #Wikipedia?! They are not backed by such a billionaire and should survive the fascist fake slop!
The section on musical modes is the part I struggled with the most in writing the Wikipedia article. Grokipedia's take on it is definitely just word salad which makes me feel a bit better about my difficulties. After plagiarized you still have to synthesize lol. and they made a chart that has the same item on it twice but no human being saw it to realize it.
When it comes down to it,  #Wikipedia is a human effort, with an emphasis on improving and review, as this article says. When there are clear errors in the Grokipedia article they're just left in. "Eh, close enough."
https://www.theverge.com/news/807686/elon-musk-grokipedia-launch-wikipedia-xai-copied
 #TomEllison gives brilliant voice to  #Wikipedia zinging  #Academics. 
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-its-me-wikipedia-and-i-am-ready-for-your-apology
"Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology…global academic, scientific, and pro-fact community. I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film."
@chrisstoecker I'm not sure if we should call it LoserPedia or CringePedia. It's difficult to decide.
“Narcissistic conspiracy theorist and billionaire launches online encylopedia because Wikipedia is not right wing enough (too fact based) for him and calls it “Grokipedia”” would have been a funny Simpsons episode 10 years ago. Now it’s just sad.
@chrisstoecker I'm not sure if we should call it LoserPedia or CringePedia. It's difficult to decide.
 #Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes  #Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human 
 #ai  #artificialintelligence
 
      
  
             
      
  
               
      
  
             
      
  
               
      
  
             
      
  
            ![Role of Media and Advocacy
Media coverage of climate change has often emphasized catastrophic scenarios and extreme weather attribution, contributing to heightened public alarm. A 2022 study analyzing English-language news media found a significant reporting bias favoring storms and wildfires, with these events receiving disproportionate attention compared to droughts or other impacts, potentially skewing perceptions of risk materiality.[219] This selective focus aligns with broader trends where outlets attribute unusual weather—such as heat waves, floods, and hurricanes—to anthropogenic climate change, even when causal links remain uncertain or unproven.[220] Such framing has fostered a moral panic, as mainstream reporting routinely overlooks empirical inconsistencies in alarmist predictions, including historical forecast failures like exaggerated sea-level rise or Arctic ice loss timelines.[221]
Advocacy organizations, including non-governmental groups like Greenpeace, Sierra Club, and Extinction Rebellion, have played a pivotal role in amplifying these narratives through campaigns, protests, and public shaming tactics. These entities mobilize grassroots pressure and influence policy by correlating their activities with shifts in public opinion on global warming, with studies showing moderate positive associations between environmental NGO presence and supportive attitudes.[222]](https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/460/240/296/420/060/original/88473348263efaf8.jpg) 
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
               
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
              
           
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
              