New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Elon Musk has announced that xAI is building a Wikipedia competitor powered by the company's Grok AI chatbot. The billionaire also noted that the challenger, named 'Grokipedia,' would be the next step towards reaching xAI's goal of understanding the universe.

​In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Musk wrote, "We are building Grokipedia @xAI. Will be a massive improvement over Wikipedia. Frankly, it is a necessary step towards the xAI goal of understanding the Universe."

​Notably, Musk has increasingly become a vocal critic of Wikipedia and has questioned Wikimedia-the non-profit foundation running the encyclopedia. Musk has raised questions about the funding of Wikimedia while stating that Wikipedia has ...