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Musk's AI-generated 'Odyssey' clip ridiculed online

Grok Imagine posted the seven-minute clip on Friday, made with Wonder Studios, after Musk promised a full-length version by the end of 2026; critics say it feels like a choppy trailer.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's nine o'clock Eastern, this is No Bull with Hank, and folks, Elon Musk released seven minutes of an AI Odyssey, and online the word for it is garbage.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number one.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn July he promised a full-length, historically accurate version by the end of this year, and he's criticised Christopher Nolan's version, a billion-dollar hit.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number two. Nobody in it speaks ancient Greek.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEverybody talks in standard British accents that one outlet says sound like background dialogue from a video game.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's the historically accurate part, I assume. Same outlet says it plays more like a choppy trailer than a film.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number three. In this version, Odysseus sharpens his knife and accidentally draws his own blood.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThis is the man who got past a Cyclops, a sorceress and a sea god, and he gets hurt by his own knife.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBy his own knife.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy rating, one star, which is generous for a movie where the hero loses to a whetstone.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd at this pace, the Trojan horse is going to need a bandage.

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