Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’

Grok has released a seven-minute AI-generated video, branded as “Episode 1 of our Odyssey series,” roughly three months after Elon Musk said it would make a full-length, “historically accurate” version of Homer’s “The Odyssey.” The project was created with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker. The footage depicts seafaring characters and delivers much of its setup through British-accented narration. TechCrunch described some individual shots as realistic enough to resemble actors sailing on a real sea, while criticizing the video’s voiceover, dialogue, pacing, and lack of emotional engagement. The source did not assess whether the production is historically accurate. Musk had criticized Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” over its casting of nonwhite and transgender actors. Nolan has called himself a techno-skeptic and said AI was the first technology he had seen so completely rejected by the public. Nolan’s film used visual effects alongside practical filmmaking, was shot across six countries with a cast and crew numbering in the thousands, and became a major box-office success after its July release, according to the source.