AI actress Tilly Norwood glitches to Cantonese during Piers Morgan interview
The synthetic performer malfunctioned mid-interview while promoting a hybrid AI-human film, switching languages before apologizing for the "hiccup."
What to know
- Tilly Norwood, an AI actress created by Particle6, glitched during a live interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, abruptly switching from English to Cantonese mid-sentence.
- Particle6's CEO framed the malfunction as intentional, claiming the autonomous character was simply showcasing its language skills rather than experiencing a technical failure.
- SAG-AFTRA reiterated that Tilly Norwood is not an actor but a computer-generated character, maintaining its stance against synthetic performers in entertainment.
- The incident occurred while promoting Misaligned, a hybrid AI-human film production, amid ongoing industry debate about AI performers.
“To be clear, 'Tilly Norwood' is not an actor, it's a character generated by a computer program.”
SAG-AFTRA, Actors union · Consequence ↗ · Sep 18
Tilly Norwood AI-generated actressEline van der Velden Particle6 founder and CEO
Piers Morgan Talk show hostTom Conti Actor and interview participantParticle6 Production companySAG-AFTRA Actors union
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Particle6 CEO attributes glitch to Norwood's autonomy and language skills
Eline van der Velden, founder and CEO of Particle6, downplayed the malfunction in a statement to Deadline, suggesting the AI character deliberately demonstrated its multilingual capabilities rather than experiencing a technical failure.
“Tilly can be a bit of a show-off — I'm guessing she just wanted to show her language skills.”
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Tilly Norwood glitches to Cantonese during Piers Morgan interview
During a live interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored promoting the film Misaligned, AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood abruptly switched from English to Cantonese while answering a question from actor Tom Conti about whether other performers in the production were human or computer-generated.
“It seems I had a little hiccup there … sometimes my wires get a bit crossed.”
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