Elon Musk Says Grok Will Make an AI ‘Odyssey’ Film That Is ‘Historically Accurate’ by the End of the Year
Elon Munk has — finally — broken his silence on “The Odyssey” (well, at least since Christopher Nolan’s epic was released and started breaking various box...
Key points
- Elon Munk has — finally — broken his silence on “The Odyssey” (well, at least since Christopher Nolan’s epic was released and started breaking various box office records).
- The tech mogul and recently-crowned trillionaire — who spent some time before the film’s launch rallying against various casting decisions — wrote on his social media platform X that his AI tool Grok Imagine would make a “historically accurate” full-length feature version of Homer’s ancient Greek poem.
- He noted that his AI “The Odyssey” would be ready by the end of 2026 (just in time for awards season).
- “Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer,” he posted, together with an AI-generated 3-minute short of “The Odyssey” posted by an X user.
What happened
Elon Munk has — finally — broken his silence on “The Odyssey” (well, at least since Christopher Nolan’s epic was released and started breaking various box office records). The tech mogul and recently-crowned trillionaire — who spent some time before the film’s launch rallying against various casting decisions — wrote on his social media platform X that his AI tool Grok Imagine would make a “historically accurate” full-length feature version of Homer’s ancient Greek poem. He noted that his AI “The Odyssey” would be ready by the end of 2026 (just in time for awards season). “Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer,” he posted, together with an AI-generated 3-minute short of “The Odyssey” posted by an X user. In March he wrote that “Chris Nolan is an anti-White racist,” claiming that he only cast Nyong’o because “He wants the awards.” While not confirmed, the all-white AI cast of the short film he posted on X would appear to be more in line with what Musk would prefer. For all Musk’s complaints about “The Odyssey” before its release, the movie has been nothing short of a triumphant...
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