""I think a lot of the criticism that it's getting is not surprising to me," Wales said. "I also think in terms of the question of trust, I'm not sure anybody's going to trust an encyclopedia that has a thumb on the scales," he added. Wales looked to draw a distinction between himself and Musk. When Wales doesn't like something on Wikipedia, he opens a conversation, he said. That compares to Musk, who Wales suggested would likely change things he disagreed with himself."
"Musk has a history of getting involved in the details of his companies and making top-down leadership calls. During his Twitter takeover, Musk ordered that the social platform's algorithm prioritize serving his own posts to users more frequently, X employees told "Extremely Hardcore" author Zoe Schiffer, who reported on the development for Platformer. Wales also pointed to the use of Grok, xAI's large language model, for writing and editing entries. "I use large language models a lot and I know about the hallucination problem, and I see it all the time," he said. "Large language models really aren't good enough to write an encyclopedia.""
Grocipedia launched after years of accusations that Wikipedia is biased, positioning itself as an AI-powered rival. Concerns focus on trust and perceived editorial influence, with warnings that an encyclopedia seen as having a "thumb on the scales" will face skepticism. Grok, xAI's large language model, is being used to write and edit entries, raising fears about hallucinations and factual errors. Musk's management style and history of top-down decisions, including altering algorithmic priorities during Twitter's takeover, amplify doubts about centralized control and reliability for an encyclopedia product.
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