artificial intelligence<\/a> talent studio.\u201d She has now responded via Instagram in a statement also shared to Norwood\u2019s account, after movie fans and celebrities reacted with outrage to the news that the studio was looking to get the artificially generated actress representation.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cTo those who have expressed anger over the creation of my AI character, Tilly Norwood, she is not a replacement for a human being, but a creative work \u2014 a piece of art,\u201d said Van der Velden on Sunday. \u201cLike many forms of art before her, she sparks conversation, and that in itself shows the power of creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI see AI not as a replacement for people, but as a new tool, a new paintbrush,\u201d she continued. \u201cJust as animation, puppetry, or CGI opened fresh possibilities without taking away from live acting, AI offers another way to imagine and build stories. I\u2019m an actor myself, and nothing \u2014\u00a0certainly not an AI character \u2014 can take away the craft or joy of human performance\u2026 Creating Tilly has been, for me, an act of imagination and craftmanship, not unlike drawing a character, writing a role or shaping a poerformance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tVan der Velden, who wants to announce Norwood\u2019s agency in the coming months, also said she believes AI characters \u201cshould be judged as part of their own genre, on their own merits, rather than compared directly with human actors.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOver the weekend, a host of actors responded to the news that agencies were circling Norwood. The threat of AI has long haunted industry creatives, and regulations around the craft became a linchpin clause through the SAG-AFTRA strikes of 2023. Notable uses of AI in film and television include the de-aging of certain actors or generating complex visual effects, but fears concerning AI\u2019s ability to replace actors \u2014 or illegally use their likeness \u2014\u00a0have continued to creep up on Hollywood.<\/p>\n
\n\tMelissa Barrera, star of In the Heights and the Scream franchise, wrote: \u201cHope all actors repped by the agent that does this, drop their a$$. How gross, read the room,\u201d while Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story\u2018s Nicholas Alexander Chavez said: \u201cNot an actress actually nice try.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tElsewhere, Lukas Gage poked fun at Norwood. \u201cShe was a nightmare to work with!!!!\u201d the actor wrote. Toni Colette simply posted a string of screaming emojis, and Matilda\u2018s Mara Wilson said on Instagram: \u201cShame on these people. They have stolen the faces of hundreds of young women to make this AI \u2018actress.\u2019 They\u2019re not creators. They\u2019re identity thieves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hollywoodreporter.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The creator of AI actress Tilly Norwood has responded to critics following fierce backlash, telling social media users: \u201cShe is not a replacement for a human being.\u201d Eline Van der Velden, Dutch founder of AI outfit Particle 6 Productions, announced at Zurich Film Festival the launch of Xicoia, \u201cthe world\u2019s first artificial intelligence talent studio.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2057215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[344480,24379],"class_list":["post-2057214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-international"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Creator-of-AI-Actress-Tilly-Norwood-Responds-to-Backlash.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2057215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}