Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has called out Elon Musk’s X (formerly known as Twitter), stating that it isn’t a reliable source of information. He even took a dig at xAI’s new chatbot called Grok.
According to a report by Fortune, Wales, speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon, said that he is glad that Large Language Models (LLMs) are rummaging through Wikipedia’s content rather than going through the Elon Musk-owned X to deliver answers to users through chatbots like ChatGPT.
“I’m pretty happy that they’re (LLMs) reading Wikipedia and not just Elon Musk’s Twitter; It’s not really a great source of truth,” Wales was quoted as saying by Fortune. Moreover, when he was asked about Musk’s new Grok 1-powered chatbot ‘Grok,’ Wales said, “I haven’t even heard of it,” taking a dig at the billionaire once more.
Notably, this isn’t the first time that the two have bouts of animosity, albeit casual. Last month in October, Musk, known for his quirky demeanor and antics on X, proposed a $1 billion offer to Wikipedia in exchange for a name change. “I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia,” Elon Musk posted on X. Musk added that this is “in the interests of accuracy.”
Musk also called out Wikipedia for allegedly demanding money from its readers. “Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money?” Musk said on X. He added, “It certainly isn’t needed to operate Wikipedia. You can literally fit a copy of the entire text on your phone! So, what’s the money for? Inquiring minds want to know..”
Prior to this incident, Jimmy Wales had also taken a dig at Musk for allegedly censoring people critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and not allowing free speech on X.
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