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Creator of “AI Actress” Responds to Near-Universal Backlash

Are moviegoers ever going to accept films created using AI? And just as importantly, will the creatives who work in the industry be cool with letting the tech play a heavy role in the filmmaking process? The bitter response to a new “AI actress” suggests that the answer to both questions, at least for now, is a ringing “no.” On Sunday, the creator of the digital acting persona named “Tilly Norwood” defended her brainchild after pretty much everyone said they hated it — including, most notably,

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Hollywood is not taking kindly to the AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood

Tilly Norwood is a London-based actress with about 40,000 Instagram followers. Also, she’s not real — she is an AI-generated character created by Xicoia, the AI division of the production company Particle6. Eline Van der Velden, the Dutch producer who founded Particle6, introduced the idea of Norwood at the Zurich Film Festival in September. Van der Velden is currently seeking an agent to represent Norwood, who has garnered strong reactions from Hollywood. The actress Emily Blunt — known for h

Creators of AI Actress Tilly Norwood Respond to Backlash, Create New Talent Agency

Should AI actors have agents? The head of an AI tools company has responded to backlash over one of its creations, an AI actor dubbed Tilly Norwood. In a post on the Tilly Norwood Instagram account, Eline Van Der Velden, the CEO of AI production company Particle6, said that Norwood is "not a replacement for a human being, but a creative work -- a piece of art." As reported by Variety, several Hollywood actors responded angrily to the idea that Tilly Norwood might be represented by an agent and