Tilly Norwood's press tour is going about as well as you'd expect for an AI | TechCrunch

- TechCrunch reports that AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood, created by Particle6 Group, is having a rough first press tour, with multiple interviews exposing frequent glitches and odd behavior. - A notably awkward exchange with Piers Morgan and Tom Conti included Norwood suddenly speaking Chinese, highlighting concerns about AI media appearances and prompting skepticism about the film's seriousness.

Tilly Norwood's press tour is going about as well as you'd expect for an AI | TechCrunch Image Credits: Tilly Norwood # Tilly Norwood’s press tour is going about as well as you’d expect for an AI Amanda Silberling 5:12 PM PDT · September 18, 2026 Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated “actress,” is having a rough time on its first press tour. The production company that created it, Particle6 Group, has made it available for seventy-five simultaneous interviews with journalists, and it seems to be making mistakes in all of them. (I was not invited to speak with it, and frankly, I cannot imagine why Particle6 didn’t want to schedule that meeting.) In one particularly odd interview with Piers Morgan and actor Tom Conti, which was recorded and posted online, Norwood seems to malfunction and abruptly begin speaking Chinese. When discussing the movie that Norwood is promoting, Conti asks if the other actors are also AI-generated. Norwood responds by saying that human writers, editors, and directors were involved. “You didn’t really understand the question,” Conti replies. “Are the other actors on the screen with you real actors, or are they computer-generated images? Do you know?” “Ah, right. You’re asking about the other actors in Misaligned,” Norwood starts. “They’re all digital twins just like me. It’s a hybrid production which m–” Norwood stops talking for a second, then starts speaking in Chinese for over ten seconds. “Tilly, if I could just ask you a question,” Morgan says, looking puzzled. “It’s Piers again… You seem to be speaking Chinese completely randomly for no …

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