On July 22, 2026, Elon Musk used his X account to announce that Grok Imagine will produce a full-length film of Homer's The Odyssey, calling it "historically accurate and true to the art of Homer." Musk pinned a 3-minute clip generated by the AI tool to his profile, reigniting a public feud with Christopher Nolan over the director's casting choices for a separate Odyssey adaptation.
Hours later, Musk replied "I'm down" on X to a user's proposal that he fund Mel Gibson with $100 million to direct a version of The Odyssey featuring historically accurate ships, armor, and dialogue in Homeric Greek. The responses, reported by IBTimes UK and Teslarati, followed Musk's earlier posts in May 2026 criticizing Nolan's casting of Lupita Nyong'o and Elliot Page.
Musk also clashed with French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot on July 22 over the delayed approval of Tesla's Full Self-Driving technology. In an X post, Musk wrote: "Delaying the approval of FSD in France will cost lives." The exchange, reported by Teslarati, came after Tabarot cited safety concerns over Tesla's driver-attention guarantees.
During Tesla's Q2 2026 earnings call on the same day, Musk told analysts that self-driving capability for the Tesla Semi is expected to begin working "around the end of this year or early next year." He noted the Semi autonomy team is currently not prioritized ahead of the Model 3, Model Y, and Cybercab programs.
The market measuring whether Musk posts fewer than 40 times on X between July 23 and July 25 traded at a 1.45% probability, reflecting the high volume of activity just before the measurement window opened.
