@article{article1713,
  author = {Ishchenko, Oleksandr},
  title = {Grokipedia: the birth of machine encyclopedism},
  journal = {The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine},
  volume = {17},
  year = {2025},
  pages = {23--34},
  doi = {10.37068/evu.17.3},
  issn = {2706-9990},
  eissn = {2707-000X},
  abstract = {This article examines <i>Grokipedia</i>, a new online encyclopedia created by <i>xAI</i> under the leadership of Elon Musk. Unlike traditional encyclopedias based on expert editing (e.g., <i>Encyclopaedia Britannica</i>) or crowdsourced collaboration (<i>Wikipedia</i>), <i>Grokipedia</i> generates its content entirely through the ar­tificial intelligence system <i>Grok</i>. The study is based on a comparative analysis of the <i>Ukraine</i> articles in <i>Grokipedia</i> and <i>Wikipedia</i> (as of October 28, 2025). Methods of content analysis and critical dis­course analysis are employed to identify structural, factual, and ideological features of AI-generated text. <i>Grokipedia</i> demonstrates a somewhat simplified and more generalized manner of presenting material, although overall both articles appear quite similar in terms of knowledge coverage and tex­tual organization. The key differences lie primarily in the emphasis and interpretation of facts. Tech­nological innovation, without adequate epistemological and editorial standards, does not ensure knowledge quality — this becomes particularly evident in cases of <i>Grokipedia</i>’s unjustified symmetri­zation of perspectives on historical events, where the pursuit of “balance” replaces the criteria of factual accuracy and scholarly rigor. In its current form, <i>Grokipedia</i> represents an experimental attempt to apply artificial intelligence in encyclopedic practice rather than a fully-fledged alternative to <i>Wikipedia</i>.},
  url = {https://evu.encyclopedia.kyiv.ua/article/1713},
  keywords = {Grokipedia, Wikipedia, content analysis, discourse analysis, Ukrainian identity},
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