batch_1778702074 20260513225434000 National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Encyclopedic Research esu@esu.com.ua National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Encyclopedic Research Entsyklopedychnyi visnyk Ukrainy [The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine] Entsykl. visn. Ukr. 2706-9990 2707-000X 2025 17 Oleksandr Ishchenko Institute of Encyclopedic Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8910-111X This article examines Grokipedia, a new online encyclopedia created by xAI under the leadership of Elon Musk. Unlike traditional encyclopedias based on expert editing (e.g., Encyclopaedia Britannica) or crowdsourced collaboration (Wikipedia), Grokipedia generates its content entirely through the ar­tificial intelligence system Grok. The study is based on a comparative analysis of the Ukraine articles in Grokipedia and Wikipedia (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. Grokipedia 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 Grokipedia’s unjustified symmetri­zation of perspectives on historical events, where the pursuit of “balance” replaces the criteria of factual accuracy and scholarly rigor. 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