{"id":13754,"date":"2026-07-22T17:32:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=13754"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:32:49","slug":"ai-to-make-historically-accurate-version-of-the-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=13754","title":{"rendered":"AI to Make &#8220;Historically Accurate&#8221; Version of The Odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Elon-Musk-Odyssey.jpeg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1613079\" data-title=\"Elon Musk Will Use AI to Make \u201cHistorically Accurate\u201d Version of The Odyssey\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/elon-musk-the-odyssey-ai\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> has graciously acknowledged that<a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/the-odysseys-box-office-after-musk-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> he was wrong<\/a> about Christopher Nolan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/the-odyssey-review-christopher-nolan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Odyssey<\/em><\/a> after spending months criticizing the film as \u201cwoke,\u201d only for it to become a critical and commercial smash.<\/p>\n<p>Just kidding.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of <em>The Odyssey<\/em>\u2019s blockbuster opening weekend, which even <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/conservatives-admit-the-odyssey-was-really-really-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drew praise from some conservatives<\/a>, Musk announced that he plans to use his AI chatbot Grok \u201cto make a full-length movie of <em>The Odyssey<\/em> that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk made the declaration alongside a user-generated <em>Odyssey<\/em> video apparently created with Grok, which ironically contained several historical and visual errors of its own: Odysseus wears what appear to be earplugs at one point, is inexplicably covered in bronzer, and wanders past trees shaped like UFOs. The clip runs only three minutes, so we do not get a peek at Musk\u2019s vision of a historically accurate Cyclops.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Musk promised his AI-generation version of The Odyssey would be ready \u201cbefore the year ends,\u201d but should it fail, he has also offered to put up $100 million for an old-school Hollywood adaptation directed by Mel Gibson, for some reason.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bVHzUmY9WN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/bVHzUmY9WN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2079758604656316619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m down<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2079756091232227665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=1;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('set','agent','tmgoogletagmanager', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><script defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;appId=434175690014\" nonce=\"6gwmbCtM\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has graciously acknowledged that he was wrong about Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey after spending months criticizing the film as \u201cwoke,\u201d only for it to become a critical and commercial smash. 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