Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has criticized Elon Musks newly launched Grokipedia, warning that the AI-driven encyclopedia will spread misinformation due to flaws in large language models LLMs.
Speaking at the CNBC Technology Executive Council Summit in New York on Tuesday, Wales said, The LLMs hes using to write it are going to make massive errors. We know ChatGPT and all the other LLMs are not good enough to write wiki entries.
Musk launched Grokipedia last week as an AI-powered alternative to Wikipedia, claiming it would exceed Wikipedia by several orders of magnitude in breadth, depth, and accuracy. Wales, however, dismissed those claims, saying Musk misunderstands how reliable knowledge is built. His complaints about Wikipedia being woke are misplaced. We focus on mainstream, verifiable sources not random conspiracy theories and thats what keeps Wikipedia credible, he said.
