US EditionAI Cost and Time Savings, Best Practices in Focus at Tallinn as Scribe Says She Uses “AI for Everything But Writing”
Eline Van der Velden aims to build a new AI genre with 40 diverse synthetic characters, citing up to 90% carbon footprint reduction and artistic innovation benefits.
- Earlier this year, Eline Van der Velden, actress and physicist, announced plans to create 40 diverse AI characters to build Tilly Norwood’s universe for her AI studio Xicoia.
- Van der Velden framed the effort as artistic and reassured the industry that traditional film and TV will continue alongside animation and a new AI genre, noting AI can be safer in some cases.
- Van der Velden said an agency announcement is due in the next few months, with several characters in development but none ready for release, according to Deadline.
- SAG-AFTRA pushed back by saying the union is opposed to the replacement of human performers by synthetics and that Tilly Norwood was trained without permission or compensation, while Mara Wilson questioned the compositing of hundreds of contributors.
- Van der Velden insisted on consent and compensation for likenesses, citing an 80% to 90% carbon footprint reduction, while critics warn expansion could displace real-life actors and exploit past performances of unpaid stars.
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siliconvalley.comCreator of AI ‘actress’ Tilly Norwood has plans for ‘universe’ of characters
The woman behind AI “actress” Tilly Norwood endeavors to create dozens more synthetic performers, despite the widespread condemnation of her original creation. Actress and technologist Eline Van der Velden, who founded the AI production studio Particle 6, told Deadline she intends to “create 40 very diverse new characters to build [Tilly’s] universe and to play in this AI genre with a whole new cast” for her AI talent studio, Xicoia. “We’ve got …
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Tilly Norwood Creator Eline Van Der Velden Talks Backlash, Reveals Another 40 AI Actors Are In The Pipeline & Explains Why They Will Never Replace Real Actors
Eline Van Der Velden, creator of AI actress Tilly Norwood, addressed the backlash to Tilly and revealed that she plans to create 40 more actors.
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