Grok Says Its Own Odyssey Is Not Historically Accurate

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorElon Musk's own chatbot says the Odyssey that Elon Musk's AI studio made is not historically accurate, Wired reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAccurate to what, exactly? Homer wrote cyclopes, six-headed monsters and a witch who turns sailors into pigs. Variety calls it a work of fiction.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn July, Musk said Grok Imagine would make a full-length Odyssey movie that was historically accurate, ready before the end of this year.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd what showed up was episode one. Seven minutes, posted on X, made with Wonder Studios. One review says it plays more like a trailer.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the movie was promised by December and delivered in seven minutes. Technically that is before the end of the year.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen somebody asked Grok. It said the episode is an adaptation of Homer's Odyssey, not a historically accurate reconstruction of real events.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt told Wired the episode does not meet a strict historical standard. Which was the standard it was promised.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'm delighted. The one fact-checker on this project is the product itself, and nobody asked it before July.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'll say this for the claim. The pigs check out. Both of them are in the book.