Over the weekend, Hollywood caught wind of a doe-eyed newcomer named Tilly Norwood whom talent agents have allegedly been dying to sign. “We want Tilly to be the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman, that’s the aim of what we’re doing,” her rep, Eline van der Velden, told Broadcast International in July. Sure, she can get in line. Controversy officially struck on Saturday when Norwood made her public debut at the Zurich Film Festival. You see, the actress is no Silver Lake barista auditioning for parts in her free time: She is AI.
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Van der Velden, a Dutch comedian and technologist, revealed Norwood as a part of the launch of a new AI talent studio called Xicoia . “Budgets are shrinking. Content demand