CNN, NBC and CBS Interview AI Actress Tilly Norwood, Drawing Criticism Across 3 Networks
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 15
CNN, NBC and CBS Interview AI Actress Tilly Norwood, Drawing Criticism Across 3 Networks
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 15
Summary
Tilly Norwood — billed as the first AI-created actor — has gone on a press tour across CNN, NBC and CBS, where reporters repeatedly highlighted her limits rather than her star power.
CNN said the avatar needed hours of prompting to improvise a basic scene, while NBC called the exchange more like talking to ChatGPT and described her delivery as glitchy and robotic.
Eline Van der Velden, Norwood’s creator, said the project is not meant to replace human actors and urged strong AI guardrails, even as her company develops more AI-generated entertainment figures.
Critics from SAG-AFTRA to media watchdogs said the interviews risk legitimizing a synthetic performer, questioning why major outlets are platforming an AI character as if she were on a normal publicity circuit.