The Rundown Tech: Grokipedia is here

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📖 Elon Musk’s Grokipedia is here
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The Rundown: Elon Musk’s xAI just launched Grokipedia, a Wikipedia-like encyclopedia and the latest salvo in Musk’s culture war against perceived “woke bias” — but it appears to be built on the bones of the very platform he’s trying to replace.
The details:
Version 0.1 surfaced more than 885K articles by Monday evening, versus Wikipedia’s 7+ million in English; Musk says rapid iterations are forthcoming.The site ships with a stark, search-first UI and bare-bones entries that mimic Wikipedia’s structure — yet so far, little to no imagery. Editing remains gated: an “Edit” button materializes on select pages only, revealing a changelog of completed edits stripped of clear attribution. Musk is pitching a fast update: a 1.0 “10X better” release, with the claim that the current site already beats Wikipedia.
Why it matters: Musk positions Grokipedia as an AI‑led, less‑biased alternative that will “pursue the truth,” reflecting his critiques of Wikipedia’s alleged left-wing tilt.​ Yet the launch leans heavily on Wikipedia’s look and content — and is sometimes cited as ‘adapted’ from it. Plus, Grok’s “fact-checking” claim raises some practical questions.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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