Well, this is bleak. Dutch actor and producer Eline Van der Velden says multiple talent agencies are lining up to represent her creation, AI-generated “actress” Tilly Norwood. (“We’re not going to be that agency,” commented Gersh Agency president Leslie Siebert.) Tilly made its screen debut in a two-minute comedy sketch, “AI Commissioner,” assembled using 10 different AI programs, including a ChatGPT-generated script. Tilly is the first “actor” from Van der Velden’s new AI talent studio Xicoia, a division of her U.K.-based production company Particle6. Van der Velden has said she hopes to make Tilly “the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman.”

The news drew swift outrage from Hollywood. Melissa Barrera called it “gross” and urged actors to drop any agency that signs Tilly. Mara Wilso

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