Eline Van der Velden said AI characters "should be judged as part of their own genre [...] rather than compared directly with ...

First published on Sept. 29, 2025 at 8:33 a.m. PT.

"Tilly Norwood" may be an obvious and cynical product of the AI hype machine, but not even that can stop male profile writers ...

The artificial intelligence-created character is a product of the company Xicoia. It has faced immediate backlash from guilds, actors, and filmmakers.

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"It doesn’t solve any 'problem' — it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work, jeopardizing ...

AI-generated "actor" Tilly Norwood has drummed up a storm of backlash since the tech company Xicoia unveiled her last weekend ...

SAG-AFTRA released a statement about the AI firestorm of the last few days: 'Tilly Norwood' is not an actor, the union ...

This latest "AI actress" sales pitch is giving us a serious headache ...

Particle6, the AI production company led by Eline van der Velden, has launched Xicoia, which is being billed as "the world’s first AI talent studio." ...

AI 'actor' Tilly Norwood has sparked a major Hollywood backlash after it was revealed that the first digitally generated ...

But unlike most young performers aspiring to make it in the film industry, Tilly Norwood is an entirely artificial ...