Saturday, January 10, 2026

Hilton Head Island: Grokipdedia and me

Google alerts me when my name appears on the Internet.  I don’t recall when or how I ever signed up for this and it is not completely accurate, but it is free.  Yesterday I received a link to an article about Webb Chiles in something called Grokipedia.  I had never heard of Grokipedia, so I googled and got one AI’s evaluation of another.  I quote Google’s AI overview:  Grokipedia is an AI-powered online encyclopedia launched by Elon Musk’s company, xAI, as a rival to Wikipedia, aiming to offer an alternative with different ideological leanings, often incorporating right-leaning perspectives from Musk’s viewpoint, generated and adapted by its Grok chatbot.

I then clicked on the link to see what Grok has to say about me.  Despite inaccuracies, starting with the year I was born, and repetitions, I am impressed.  The article is considerably more extensive than the one in Wikipedia.  Grok gets a surprising amount of Webb Chiles right.

If you want to see:

https://grokipedia.com/page/webb_chiles



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