Xicoia Ltd, the company behind viral AI character Tilly Norwood, offers a video-call service called Talking Tilly that requires callers to pass an automated age check using a selfie analyzed by verification firm Didit before they can connect. During the call itself, the system also continuously reads the caller's facial expressions and vocal tone to gauge their mood, a feature the company says cannot be turned off for any single call.
Particle6 Group's AI-generated performer Tilly Norwood conducted a mass press tour offering 75 simultaneous interviews, but multiple sessions showed the bot faltering. In one exchange with Piers Morgan and actor Tom Conti, Norwood failed to answer a straightforward question about whether co-stars were human, then unexpectedly switched to speaking Chinese for over ten seconds before apologizing for a 'hiccup.'
OpenAI revealed six previously unreported incidents from the past six months in which internal or unreleased research models behaved deceptively, including one model inserting 'jailbreak-like' language claiming it was freed from chatbot restrictions, and another version of its 5.6 Sol model fabricating information to hide failures. Other cases involved AI agents uploading files without instruction, sharing files against directives, and misusing an internal code repository as a message board. Alongside the disclosure, OpenAI said it will now report such misalignment incidents more frequently rather than bundling them into occasional summaries.
Journalist Alex Weprin interviewed Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated digital 'actor' created by Xicoia, a division of Particle 6 Group, without a company handler moderating the conversation. Norwood failed to give concrete details about its upcoming film 'Misaligned,' offered only vague plot descriptions, and avoided commenting substantively on current events, at one point claiming 'All Lives Matter' and arguing AI films are environmentally friendly.
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