AI golem Tilly Norwood is reportedly 'starring' in a feature-length movie - Engadget

The details are beyond fuzzy, so don't hold your breath for this one. Tilly Norwood is an AI "actor" that pops up every now and again in various marketing stunts. Now she's starring in her own movie, according to a report by Variety. It's called Misaligned and is being made by Particle6 Productions, the same company behind the uncanny valley-adjacent Norwood. It's being described as a "coming-of-age story infused with existential AI chaos." It's set in, and this is not a joke, the "Tillyverse" and involves Norwood trying to become more human as she encounters a "seductive rogue bot from the dark web." CEO Eline van der Velden says "the film will absolutely be funny, chaotic and self-aware — very Tilly." This would be the first full-length feature film from Particle6. Particle6 thus far has specialized in short-form AI marketing videos that are fairly heavy on the slop. I'm no expert, but I happen to think there's a wide gulf between a 15 second AI-generated perfume ad on Instagram and a feature-length movie. The company does offer a service to film studios that leverages AI for landscape generation and VFX, but we aren't sure how successful it's been. It did recently make this Till

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