AI actress Tilly Norwood malfunctions mid-interview
Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated 'actress' created by Particle6 Group, glitched during a live Piers Morgan interview—abruptly switching from English to Chinese mid-sentence. The interruption happened as Norwood tried to explain that all her fellow 'actors' were digital, not human. Both sources say her answers were stiff or off-topic even before the language mishap.
- Norwood was interviewed for upcoming film Misaligned
- Glitch occurred during Piers Morgan interview with Tom Conti
- Norwood started speaking Chinese mid-response
- Particle6 organized 75 simultaneous media interviews
- Norwood described all on-screen actors as digital twins
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