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Wikipedia Co-Founder on Polarization, AI, and Elon Musk’s Grokipedia

Season 2025 Episode 8024 | 17m 33s

Wikipedia offers more than 65 million articles in nearly 300 languages and has been the premiere online encyclopedia since its launch in 2001. Now, Elon Musk has started Grokipedia after accusing Wikipedia of being "too woke." Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales joins the show to talk about his new book "The Seven Rules of Trust," and how he believes his internet knowledge bank will fare.

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